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peaked¹

  • /piːkt/
  • /ˈpiːkɪd/

Sounds like piqued, peeked · Rhymes with -iːkt, -iːkɪd

Where it comes from

See peak.

adjective more peaked · most peaked · peakèd

  1. Having a peak or peaks. The wizard wore a peaked cap.

peaked²

  • /ˈpiːkɪd/

Where it comes from

See peak (Etymology 2).

adjective more peaked · most peaked · peakèd · pekid

  1. Sickly-looking, peaky. 2000, Toshio Mori and Lawson Fusao Inada, Unfinished Message: Selected Works of Toshio Mori, p. 149, She looked peaked and tired ever since he had volunteered for the army.

peaked³

  • /piːkt/

Sounds like peeked, piqued

Where it comes from

See peak.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of peak

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pointed, ailing, unwell, sickly, sick, indisposed, poorly, ill, maximum, achieved, totalled, tired, wan, crested, amounted, capped

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adj sickly-looking, peaky

Русскийизмождённый izmoždjónnyj

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@misc{peaked_2026,
  title = {peaked},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peaked},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}