bushed

American  

[boosht] / bʊʃt /

adjective

1. overgrown with bushes.

2. Informal. exhausted; tired out.

   After all that exercise, I'm bushed.

3. Canadian Informal. mentally unbalanced as a result of prolonged residence in a sparsely inhabited region.

4. Australian and New Zealand Slang. unable to find one's direction; lost; confused.

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bushed British  

/ bʊʃt /

adjective

1. (postpositive) extremely tired; exhausted

2. mentally disturbed from living in isolation, esp in the north

3. lost or bewildered, as in the bush

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Etymology

Origin of bushed

First recorded in 1485–95; bush ¹ + -ed ², -ed ³

Example Sentences

As for me, I was bushed from climbing in, crossing over, and climbing out so many times.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022

It’s been a long weekend, and I’m thoroughly bushed from the trip, so I head back to my hotel.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2016

An industry source bushed off talk that Russian shareholders in TNK-BP would dare to question a transaction approved by Putin and Sechin.

From Reuters • Jan. 17, 2011

We’re all bushed, and it’s all his fault.

From Newsweek

Green was one of the oldest professors on campus, with gray hair that bushed out above his ears like the cheeks of a chipmunk.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin