brain-dead
adjective /ˈbreɪn.ded/Definition
› If someone is brain-dead, they have serious and permanent damage to their brain, and need machines in order to stay alive.Disorders of muscles and the nervous system › humorous If someone is brain-dead, their mind is not working effectively, usually because they are very tired or very bored: By the time I leave work I'm completely brain-dead.Tired and making tiredBore and bored
(Definition of brain-dead adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at your worst idiom
- be all in idiom
- be dead on your feet idiom
- be fit/ready to drop idiom
- bleary adjective
- comatose adjective
- fatigued adjective
- finish sb off phrasal verb
- fit to drop idiom
- haggard adjective
- half dead adjective
- jet lag noun
- prostrate adjective (VERY TIRED)
- punch-drunk adjective (TIRED)
- run yourself into the ground idiom
- shagged adjective
- shattered adjective (TIRED)
- sleepy adjective (PERSON)
- stonkered adjective
- whacked adjective
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Tired and making tired
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