Antonyms for fag

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : fag

Phonetic Transcription : fæg

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for fag

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