cream-crackered

Utterly worn out

Cream-crackered is British slang for exhausted, rhyming slang derived from "knackered." The phrase substitutes the rhyming words for the target word, following the pattern of Cockney rhyming slang: I'm absolutely cream-crackered after that shift.

Sometimes shortened to just "cream-crackered" or even "creamed."

exhaustion

drained

Emptied of resources

fatiguedDrained of energy
wearyDeeply tired, spent
depletedSeverely reduced or emptied

sapped · enervated · prostrate · overworked · debilitated · enfeebled · flagging · listless · lethargic · frazzled

slang

knackered

British for exhausted

shatteredBroken into fragments
faggedUtterly spent, weary
zonkedSlang for utterly exhausted

bushed · whacked · shagged · done in · jiggered · clapped out · dead beat · all in · done for · had it

Opposites

energy/fatigue level

cream-crackeredenergetic

Having much vigor

full of beans · energised · lively · vigorous · sprightly

alertness/wakefulness

cream-crackeredwide awake

Totally alert and attentive

alert · bright-eyed · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · sharp · on the ball

Family

cream, cracker, creams, creamed, creaming, creamy, creamier, creamiest, creaminess

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