Fuelled

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈfjuː.əld/

Definitions

1. Driven or operated by a source of combustible material ; emotionally or intellectually energized or driven by a particular stimulus
2. Supplied with fuel to enable functioning or movement ; inspired or intensified by a certain feeling or idea
3. Provided with fuel to generate energy or power ; strongly influenced or encouraged by motivation or passion

Etymology: "Fuelled" is simply the past tense and past participle of "fuel", so its story is the story of the noun. That noun comes from Old French "fouaille" or "feuaille", meaning firewood or kindling, which grew from "feu", the French word for fire. Behind that lies Late Latin "focus", which meant fire, and the classical Latin "focus", meaning hearth. The Latin word is also the source of English "focus", a link that surprises many readers: a hearth was the fixed point around which a household gathered, and English borrowed the same word for the point where rays converge. The English noun reached us in Middle English as "fuayle", and it kept its literal sense of material for burning for centuries. The figurative senses, such as a feeling that drives action or a cause that keeps something going, developed later from that original image of logs feeding a flame.

Synonyms: powered, energized, fueled, charged, stimulated

Antonyms: depleted, exhausted, drained, reduced, diminished