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Definition: Wasted |
WastedAdjective1. Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words". 2. Not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort". 3. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm". 4. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration". 5. Made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "wasted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | To be drunk. (references) |
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Synonyms: WastedSynonyms: atrophied (adj), blasted (adj), bony (adj), cadaverous (adj), desolate (adj), desolated (adj), devastated (adj), diminished (adj), emaciated (adj), gaunt (adj), haggard (adj), otiose (adj), pinched (adj), pointless (adj), ravaged (adj), ruined (adj), skeletal (adj), squandered (adj), superfluous (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: hypertrophied (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deterioration | Decayed; Verb: moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved; (vicious); decrepid, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat, out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work; (useless). |
Time | D calendas Groecas; "panting Time toileth after him in vain"; "'gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion "; " rich with the spoils of time"; tempus edax rerum; "the long hours come and go"; "the time is out of joint"; "Time rolls his ceaseless course"; "Time the foe of man's dominion"; "time wasted is existence, used is life"; truditur dies die; volat hora per orbem; carpe diem. |
Waste | Adjective: wasted; Verb: at a low ebb. |
Weakness | Languid, poor, infirm; faint, faintish; sickly; (disease); dull, slack, evanid, spent, short-winded, effete; weather-beaten; decayed, rotten, worn, seedy, languishing, wasted, washy, laid low, pulled down, the worse for wear. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I am wasted over long distances (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) I've already wasted my whole life (Wo hu cang long; writing credit: Hui-Ling Wang) You believe your father wasted his life, that he died for nothing (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf) I am Jack's wasted life (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) Years of Academy training wasted! (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton) | |
Lyrics | She's wasted years (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall) And I never wasted any of my time on you since then (It's all coming back to me now; performing artist: Celine Dion) When you look back at your wasted life (Father Of Mine; performing artist: Everclear) All you had you wasted (Stupid Girl; performing artist: Garbage) So she fills up her sails with my wasted breath (ALLISON ROAD; performing artist: Gin Blossoms) | |
Clever | Life is a waste of time, time is a waste of life, so get wasted all the time, and have the time of your life. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wasted Lives (1925) The Wasted Years (1916) A Wasted Sacrifice (1912) Wasted (2002) Iron Maiden: 12 Wasted Years (1987) | |
Song Titles | Wasted On The Way (performing artist: Stills & Nash Crosby) | |
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![]() | Smashed Wasted Blasted Destroyed : Drinking + Driving Kills / Ross West. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | The Hearth-stone of the poor--waste steam not wasted / drawn by Sol Eytinge, Jun. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Tongue" by Billy Fowks Commentary: "Me and my best friend. Wasted on a Saturday afternoon. I would love to know what my pictures are being used for. Please let me know. Thanks!." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Aesop | No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. |
Alexander Herzen | We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation. |
Arthur Rimbaud | Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life. |
Charles Dickens | A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self. |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted. |
John W. Draper | Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself. |
Muhammad Ali | The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. |
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort | The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed. |
William Shakespeare | I wasted time, and now time doth waste me. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | And if he also bartered away plums, that would have rotted in a week, for nuts that would last good for his eating a whole year, he did no injury; he wasted not the common stock; destroyed no part of the portion of goods that belonged to others, so long as nothing perished uselesly in his hands. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Those soft blue eyes, and all those natural graces, should not be wasted on the inferior society of Highbury and its connexions |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | A deal of money gets wasted that way. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She moved slowly to the corner and stood looking down at the wasted face, into the wide, frightened eyes |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Every exertion of my will, every attempt to put an end to the disintegration of the outer world and the dissolution of my ego, seemed to be wasted effort. (references) | |
Business | Some of the key issues affecting all water authorities, besides occasional drought, are high water losses within systems averaging about 27%, deteriorating water reticulation systems and inefficient water usage by consumers which accounts for another 25% of wasted water. (references) | |
This wasted energy has been calculated by CRES officials to around $12 million for the public buildings located in the Athens/Attica area only in 1998. Major factors for this waste are the lack of wall insulation, the outdated heating and air conditioning installations and the inefficient lighting systems. (references) | ||
Economic History | Ukraine | Approximately, 30+ACU- of the hot water supplied to houses and public buildings is used inefficiently or simply wasted. (references) |
Lebanon | According to MEW, about 50 percent of Lebanon's water is being wasted; This percentage is projected to drop to 15 percent with privatization. (references) | |
Trade | Kuwait | Local importers have their own connections with the local officials and may obtain certificates in their favor, e.g., stating that competitors' imports are wasted, damaged, or not fit for human consumption. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification from the senses. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Much time is lost, much unnecessary expense incurred, and much public property wasted under the present arrangement. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We are not prepared to see our assistance wasted, however, in conflict. |
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| "Wasted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 53.94% of the time. "Wasted" is used about 1,117 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 53.94% | 602 | 10,640 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 23.43% | 262 | 18,239 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 22.09% | 247 | 18,964 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.45% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (common) | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,117 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "wasted". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jehucal | N/A | Biblical | Wasted |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "wasted": be wasted ♦ become wasted ♦ blasted desolate desolated devastated ravaged ruined wasted ♦ youth is wasted on the young. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "wasted": wasted-the, wasted-through. | |
Ending with "wasted": high-wasted, wasp-wasted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "wasted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i tretur, i rrëgjuar (flea-bitten, shabby, shrivelled, stunted), i ligur (hidebound), i fishkur (faded, sere, withered, wizen, wizened, wrinkled). (various references) | |
Arabic | مهزول (emaciated, skinny), مستهلك (consumed, consumer, used), مضنى (enervated, exhausted, gaunt, haggard, languishing, worn out), مبدد (dissipated, lavished, squandered), ضائع (godforsaken, gone, lost, missing, up the spout). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пропилян (misspent). (various references) | |
Chinese | 靡 (extravagant, go with fashion, not), 糜 (dissolved, rice-gruel), 浪费 (Frittered, Frittering, uneconomical, Wastefulness, Wasting). (various references) | |
Czech | zpustošený (devastated), zbyteèný (false, futile, good for nothing, gratuitous, needless, senseless, unnecessary, useless, wasteful), vyzáblý (emaciated, gaunt, scraggy, spare), vyhozený, promrhaný, promarnìný (lost), bezvýsledný (inconclusive, unsuccessful). (various references) | |
Danish | stenet (stoned, stony, to crash, wiped out, wrecked), basket (wiped out, wrecked). (various references) | |
Dutch | verspild (spoiled). (various references) | |
Esperanto | malŝparita (spoiled). (various references) | |
Finnish | hukkaan mennyt (fruitless, useless). (various references) | |
French | vain, raté, perdu (waste), inutilisé, gaspillé, défoncé, décharné, camé, atrophié, émacié. (various references) | |
German | verschwendet (dissipated, dissipates, misspent, squanders, wastes). (various references) | |
Greek | αποτυχημένοσ (failed, spoilt). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מבוזבז (squandered). (various references) | |
Hungarian | feldúlt (ravaged, unstrung, waste), elpusztított (devastated, waste), elpazarolt (misspent). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ceking (economical, frugal, slender). (various references) | |
Irish | amú. (various references) | |
Italian | tossicomane pesante (wiped out, wrecked). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 病み耄ける (to become wasted by illness), 空発 (explosion without effect, wasted bullets), 空しく費やされた時 (time passed in vain, wasted time), 死に金 (unused money, wasted money), 捨て金 (wasted money). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すてがね (wasted money), くうはつ (explosion without effect, wasted bullets), しにがね (unused money, wasted money), むなしくついやされたとき (time passed in vain, wasted time), やみほおける (to become wasted by illness). (various references) | |
Korean | 낭비하는. (various references) | |
Manx | streelit, jummit (blued, blued as money), jummalit (squandered), juaillit, er ny uail, er ny juail. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astedway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | janado (hard-core addict, junkie, smacker, smackhead, wiped out, wrecked), desperdiçado (lost, waste). (various references) | |
Romanian | supt (emaciated, gaunt, hollow-cheeked, suck, sucking, thin), pierdut (absent minded, blankly, far away, forfeit, gone, lost, missing, stray, vague), ofticos (consumptive, lank, lunger, patient, ramshackle, raw boned, scanty, weak), atacat (affected, assailed, attacked, consumptive). (various references) | |
Russian | тратить неиспользуемый;напрасный, привыкший к наркотикам. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uzaludan (bootless, futile, ineffective, needless, unavailing, unfruitful, use: no earthly use, vain), proćerdan (misspent, mis-spent), iscrpljen (dead beat, exhausted, played out, washed out, weary, work-worn, worn, worn out). (various references) | |
Spanish | vano (bay, bootless, coquettish, empty, idle, inane, pretty, span, unavailing, vain), malogrado (abortive, ill fated, ill-starred, out of order), inútil (empty, good for nothing, helpless, naught, needless, no go, of no avail, of no use, pointless, profitless, purposeless, unavailing, unfit, unprofitable, unserviceable, unsuccessful, unsuitable, useless, vain, waste), gastado (hackneyed, old, outworn, shot, spent, threadbare, trite, used, worn, worn out), destrozado (broken down, bust, shot, torn apart, total), desaprovechado, demacrado (emaciate, emaciated, gaunt, haggard), atrofiado. (various references) | |
Swedish | bortkastad (lost). (various references) | |
Turkish | heba olmak (be lost, be wasted, go for nothing), boşa gitmek (be wasted, go down the drain, go to waste). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | звиклий до наркотиків. (various references) | |
Welsh | curiedig. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adtrita, adtriti, adtritis, adtritum, adtritus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 12, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Paracrhma de epataxen auton aggeloV kuriou anq wn ouk edwken thn doxan tw qew kai genomenoV skwlhkobrwtoV exeyuxen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Confestim autem percussit eum angelus Domini eo quod non dedisset honorem Deo et consumptus a vermibus exspiravit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And anoon an aungel of the Lord smoot hym, for he hadde not youun onour to God; and he was wastid of wormes, and diede. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And immediatly the angell of ye Lorde smote him because he gave not God the honoure and he was eatyn of wormes and gave vp the goost. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten by worms, and died. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 12, Verse 23 |
| Albanian | Në atë çast një engjëll i Zotit e goditi, sepse nuk i kishte dhënë lavdi Perëndisë; dhe, i brejtur nga krimbat, vdiq. |
| Cebuano | Ug dihadiha gihampak siya sa usa ka manolunda sa Ginoo tungod kay wala niya ihatag ang pagdalayeg ngadto sa Dios. Ug gikaon siya sa mga ulod ug namatay. |
| Croatian | Umah ga, zbog toga što ne dade slavu Bogu, udari anðeo Gospodnji te on rascrvotoèen izdahnu. |
| Danish | Men straks slog en Herrens Engel ham, fordi han ikke gav Gud Æren; og han blev fortæret af Orme og udåndede. |
| Dutch | En van stonde aan sloeg hem een engel des Heeren, daarom dat hij Gode de eer niet gaf; en hij werd van de wormen gegeten, en gaf den geest. |
| Finnish | Mutta heti löi häntä Herran enkeli, sentähden ettei hän antanut kunniaa Jumalalle; ja madot söivät hänet, ja hän heitti henkensä. |
| French | Au même instant, un ange du Seigneur le frappa, parce qu`il n`avait pas donné gloire à Dieu. Et il expira, rongé des vers. |
| German | Alsbald schlug ihn der Engel des HERRN, darum daß er die Ehre nicht Gott gab; und ward gefressen von den Würmern und gab den Geist auf. |
| Hungarian | És azonnal megveré õt az Úrnak angyala, azért, hogy nem az Istennek adá a dicsõséget; és a férgektõl megemésztetvén, meghala. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada saat itu juga malaikat Tuhan menampar Herodes, sebab ia tidak menghormati Allah. Herodes dimakan cacing lalu mati. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pada saat itu juga Herodes dipalu oleh malaekat Tuhan, sebab tiada diberinya hormat kepada Allah. Maka ia pun matilah dimakan cacing. |
| Maori | I reira pu ano ka patua ia e tetahi anahera a te Ariki, no te mea kihai i hoatu e ia te kororia ki te Atua: a kainga ana ia e te kutukutu, hemo ake. |
| Norwegian | Straks slo en Herrens engel ham, fordi han ikke gav Gud æren, og han blev fortært av ormer og opgav ånden. |
| Rumanian | Kndatq l -a lovit un knger al Domnului, pentrucq nu dqduse slavq lui Dumnezeu. Wi a murit mkncat de viermi. |
| Shuar | Tumai nuyaik Yusa suntari nayaimpinmaya Tarí Erutisan jaa awajsamiayi. Tuma asamtai nusha aka yuam jakamiayi. Erutissha Yusan waantu awajtsuk ninki waantu Enentáimtuma asa Túruna jakamiayi. |
| Swahili | Papo hapo malaika wa Bwana akamwangusha Herode chini kwa sababu hakumpa Mungu hizo sifa. Akaliwa na wadudu, akafa. |
| Swedish | Men i detsamma slog honom en Herrens ängel, därför att han icke gav Gud äran. Och han föll i en sjukdom som bestod däri att han uppfrättes av maskar, och så gav han upp andan. |
| Uma | Hinto'u toe, mala'eka Pue' mpohuku' ncorobaa Herodes hante haki', apa' molangko rahi nono-na, pai' uma-i dota mpobila' Alata'ala. Bula-na tuwu' -pidi, ulea ami' -imi, alaa-na napomate-ki. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "wasted": outwasted, unwasted. (additional references) | |
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"Wasted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: waiste, waisted, Warsett, warsted, wased, washte, wastey, wasti, Wastie, wated, wayste, weaste, weeste, Welstead, weste, wested, westerd, Westmede, wisted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "wasted" (pronounced wā"stud) |
| 5 | -ā" s t u d | pasted, tasted. |
| 4 | -s t u d | accosted, adjusted, arrested, assisted, attested, bested, blacklisted, blasted, boasted, boosted, breasted, busted, chested, coasted, coexisted, congested, consisted, contested, contrasted, costed, crested, crusted, delisted, detested, digested, invested, lambasted, lasted, listed, lusted, disgusted, disinterested, distrusted, divested, dusted, encrusted, enlisted, entrusted, exhausted, existed, fasted, feasted, fisted, flabbergasted, foisted, forecasted, forested, frosted, guested, gusted, harvested, hoisted, hosted, infested, ingested, insisted, interested, maladjusted, manifested, masted, mistrusted, molested, nested, ousted, outlasted, persisted, posted, preexisted, protested, readjusted, rearrested, reinvested, requested, resisted, rested, retested, roasted, roosted, rusted, sandblasted, suggested, tested, tightfisted, toasted, trusted, twisted, unadjusted, unassisted, uncontested, uninterested, unlisted, unmolested, untested, vested, worsted, wrested. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bifurcated, bigoted, blanketed, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boated, bolted, booted, boycotted, budgeted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coated, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lamented, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disintegrated, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, diverted, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrypted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fated, faulted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fitted, fixated, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, fomented, footed, footnoted, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hooted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interjected, malted, maltreated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mitigated, moderated, modulated, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, outdated, outed, outfitted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, rerouted, resented, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, rocketed, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, taunted, tempted, terminated, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tilted, tinted, titillated, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, tufted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unmitigated, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tawsed, wadset. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: dates, dawts, sated, sawed, stade, stead, sweat, tawed, tawse, tsade, twaes, wades, waste. | |
-2 letters: ates, awed, awes, date, daws, dawt, dews, east, eats, etas, sade, sate, seat, seta, staw, stew, swat, tads, taws, teas, teds, tews, twae, twas, wade, wads, waes, wast, wats, weds, west, wets. | |
-3 letters: ads, ate, awe, daw, dew, eat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-s-t-w" | |
+1 letter: dawties, steward, strawed, swathed, swatted, sweated, wadsets, waisted. | |
+2 letters: bawdiest, bedstraw, dewaters, dwarfest, eastward, radwaste, stewards, tarweeds, tawdries, tideways, towheads, twaddles, unwasted, warstled, westward, wetlands, wrastled. | |
+3 letters: bedstraws, dameworts, daneworts, dawsonite, dishwater, downbeats, downstage, downstate, drawliest, drawtubes, eastwards, enswathed, inswathed, latewoods, leadworts, leftwards, newsstand, outwasted, pastedown, radwastes, smartweed, statewide, sternward, stewarded, sweatband, takedowns, tawdriest, teakwoods, teardowns, twaddlers, unswathed, viewdatas, wadsetted, wasteland, waterbeds, waterdogs, watershed, waterside, westwards. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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