cooked
adjective
Simple meaning
In trouble; in a hopeless situation.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kuuktIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkʊkt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
slangchiefly predicative
In trouble; in a hopeless situation.
Having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
of food
Prepared by cooking.
of accounting recordsintelligence
Partially or wholly fabricated, falsified.
Hungover.
Brain-damaged from drug use.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: In trouble; in a hopeless situation.
Used this way, cooked is a reasonably familiar word with a faintly unfavourable edge. It turns up most in everyday conversation and social media or informal writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly negative
- Formality
- Very casual
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Critical or judgemental
- Usage feel
- Playful and informal
Where it naturally appears
- Everyday conversation
- Social media/informal writing
Usage note
Slang: natural in speech and messages between friends, but out of place in school, work or published writing.
Nearby words
- toasted , more casual, better suited to speech than writing
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use cooked
- “The chef perfectly cooked the chicken, making it tender and juicy.”adjective
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