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Synonyms for fag
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : fag |
Phonetic Transcription : fæg |
Top 10 synonyms for fag Other synonyms for the word fag
- back
- bankrupt
- be disregarded
- be neglected
- bear down
- bedraggle
- biri
- brood
- burden
- burn out
- bush
- butt
- cancer stick
- cause ennui
- cig
- cloy
- coffin nail
- collapse
- conk out
- crawl
- cripple
- cubeb
- cultivate
- debilitate
- decline
- deject
- deplete
- desire
- despond
- die on vine
- distress
- do in
- draw
- drive
- droop
- drop
- drowse
- drudge
- dwindle
- ebb
- endeavor
- enervate
- enfeeble
- ennui
- exasperate
- exert oneself
- exhaust
- fade
- fag
- fag out
- fail
- faint
- fall off
- fatigue
- fizzle
- fizzle out
- flag
- fold
- frazzle
- gasper
- give out
- glut
- go soft
- go stale
- go to pieces
- grieve
- grind
- grow tired
- grow weary
- hanker
- harass
- have had enough
- hunger
- impoverish
- irk
- irritate
- jade
- knock out
- languish
- leave one cold
- long
- lose interest
- make discontented
- nauseate
- oppress
- overburden
- overdo
- overexert
- overextend
- overfatigue
- overstrain
- overtax
- overtire
- overwork
- pain
- pall
- peter out
- pine
- plague
- plod
- plug away
- poop
- poop out
- pour it on
- prostrate
- puff
- put to sleep
- reefer
- repine
- rot
- run ragged
- sag
- sap
- sicken
- sigh
- sink
- slave
- smoke
- snivel
- sorrow
- strain
- strive
- struggle
- succumb
- suck dry
- suffer
- sweat
- take
- take it out of
- tax
- tend
- tire
- tire out
- tobacco
- toil
- travail
- try the patience of
- tucker
- tucker out
- tug
- use up
- vex
- waste
- waste away
- weaken
- wear
- wear down
- wear out
- weary
- weigh
- wilt
- wither
- work
- work oneself to the bone
- worry
- yawn
- yearn
Définition of fag
Origin :- "to droop, decline, tire," 1520s, apparently an alteration of flag (v.) in its sense of "droop." Transitive sense of "to make (someone or something) fatigued" is first attested 1826. Related: Fagged; fagging.
- As in butt : noun cigarette
- As in cigarette : noun small roll of tobacco
- As in languish : verb droop; become dull, listless
- As in tire : verb exhaust, weary
- As in weary : verb make tired
- As in jade : verb fatigue
- As in moil : verb labor
- As in poop : verb exhaust
- As in tire out : verb exhaust
- As in exhaust : verb tire or wear out
- As in fatigue : verb tire, wear out
- Fag in mouth he dozed, was startled into wakefulness by a call from the Padre.
- Extract from : « Norman Ten Hundred » by A. Stanley Blicq
- FAG, a schoolboy who performs a servants offices to a superior school-mate.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words » by A London Antiquary
- Fagg′oting, Fag′oting, a kind of embroidery in which some of the cross-threads are drawn together in the middle.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
- Sentimental writers have gushed over the beautiful relation which it establishes between Fag-Master and Fag.
- Extract from : « Seeing and Hearing » by George W. E. Russell
- Fag Alley was reached and in its vicinity several machine guns were captured, and the teams either killed or taken prisoners.
- Extract from : « The Story of the "9th King's" in France » by Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts
- "Fag wanted," Sinclair murmured, hardly looking up from his imposition.
- Extract from : « Sonia Between two Worlds » by Stephen McKenna
- Fag, a schoolboy who performs a servants offices to a superior schoolmate.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- Lucy returned to the stage for her scenes in the second act (the last in which she appears) with Sir Lucius and Fag.
- Extract from : « No Name » by Wilkie Collins
Antonyms for fag
- activate
- add
- aid
- animate
- assist
- assuage
- be happy
- be lazy
- build
- calm
- cheer
- comfort
- cure
- delight
- despise
- destroy
- develop
- discourage
- dislike
- dissuade
- enable
- encourage
- energize
- enliven
- envigorate
- excite
- fill
- fire up
- flourish
- give
- grow
- hate
- help
- idle
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- invigorate
- laze
- make happy
- mend
- neglect
- please
- pour
- put in
- refresh
- refuse
- reject
- replenish
- rest
- rise
- soothe
- strengthen
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