peaked

Reached the top

Peaked has two pronunciations with different meanings.

With one syllable, it describes something having a peak or pointed top: a peaked roof, a peaked cap.

With two syllables (PEEK-id), it means looking pale and sickly, as if one's health has peaked and is declining: You look a little peaked—are you feeling all right?

declined

waned

Decreased gradually

topped out · maxed out · climaxed · culminated · tapered · subsided · receded · diminished · dropped · fell

sickly

pale

Lacking color intensity

  • wanPale and unwell-looking
  • pallidUnhealthily lacking color
  • gauntLean from deprivation

drawn · ashen · pasty · sallow · unwell · off-color · under the weather · poorly · feeble · washed out

summit

apex

Uppermost point or culmination

acme · culmination · vertex · climax · crown · top · heights · highpoint · capstone · meridian

pointed

sharp

Fine-edged, or astute

pyramidal · spired · gabled · ridged · crested · triangular · dormer · roofline · steepled · finial

exhausted

drained

Emptied of resources

haggard · run-down · depleted · burnt out · overworked · flagging · frazzled · weary · tired · sapped

Categories
Opposites
health/complexion

peakedhealthy

In good physical condition

flushed · rosy · blooming · ruddy · glowing

trajectory/progress

peakedascending

Moving upward

rising · climbing · improving · growing · building

physical shape

peakedflat

Lacking vertical variation

rounded · blunt · domed · unpointed · flat-topped

Phrases
Family

peak, peaks, peaking, peaky

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G