Antonyms for gassed


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : gast
Phonetic Transcription : gæst


Definition of gassed

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Dutch gas, probably from Greek khaos "empty space" (see chaos). The sound of Dutch "g" is roughly equivalent to that of Greek "kh." First used by Flemish chemist J.B. van Helmont (1577-1644), probably influenced by Paracelsus, who used khaos in an occult sense of "proper elements of spirits" or "ultra-rarified water," which was van Helmont's definition of gas.
  • Modern scientific sense began 1779, with later specialization to "combustible mix of vapors" (1794, originally coal gas); "anesthetic" (1894, originally nitrous oxide); and "poison gas" (1900). Meaning "intestinal vapors" is from 1882. "The success of this artificial word is unique" [Weekley]. Slang sense of "empty talk" is from 1847; slang meaning "something exciting or excellent" first attested 1953, from earlier hepster slang gasser in the same sense (1944). Gas also meant "fun, a joke" in Anglo-Irish and was used so by Joyce (1914). As short for gasoline, it is American English, first recorded 1905.
  • As in executed : adj formally put to death
  • As in loaded : adj intoxicated
  • As in speak : verb talk
  • As in chatter : verb speak fast and non-stop
  • As in crow : verb brag, exult
  • As in deaden : verb diminish, muffle, quiet
  • As in execute : verb kill
  • As in fuel : verb give energy to
Example sentences :
  • "It is very rarely that you men in the professional service are gassed," he said.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • That could only mean that the plane had been gassed under the very eyes of his men!
  • Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
  • I don't mean that he went over and got shell shocked or gassed.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • It was the first word I had heard from home since I had been gassed and wounded in October.
  • Extract from : « In the Flash Ranging Service » by Edward Alva Trueblood
  • Belgezad couldn't possibly have bribed the cop, so they both had to be gassed.
  • Extract from : « Heist Job on Thizar » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Shell-shocked and buried; also gassed at second battle of Ypres.
  • Extract from : « What the "Boys" Did Over There » by Various
  • Wounded in the left foot, left thigh, left shoulder and gassed.
  • Extract from : « What the "Boys" Did Over There » by Various
  • They stood, you know,—stood as long as you can stand,—gassed.
  • Extract from : « The Second Fiddle » by Phyllis Bottome
  • The man who inhales phosgene may not know that he is gassed.
  • Extract from : « Inventions of the Great War » by A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond
  • Some of the crew were wounded; Sneyd and his second-in-command had been wounded and gassed.
  • Extract from : « The Blocking of Zeebrugge » by Alfred F. B. Carpenter

Synonyms for gassed

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