exhausted

adjective

ex·​haust·​ed ig-ˈzȯ-stəd 

1

: completely or almost completely depleted of resources or contents

… crops are grown in the resulting field for a year or a few years until the soil is exhausted, and then the field is abandoned …

—Jared Diamond

2

: depleted of energy : extremely tired

I mean I was just exhausted, totally exhausted. I could barely walk up a flight of stairs without panting and wheezing.

—Anthony DeCurtis

Synonyms

• all in
• aweary [archaic]
• beat
• beaten
• bleary
• burned-out
• burnt-out
• bushed
• dead
• done
• drained
• fatigued
• jaded
• knackered [British]
• limp
• logy
• loggy
• played out
• pooped [slang]
• prostrate
• spent
• tapped out
• tired
• tuckered (out)
• washed-out
• wearied
• weary
• wiped out
• worn
• worn-out

Examples of exhausted in a Sentence

the exhausted runner crossed the finish line and just collapsed

Recent Examples on the Web

The problem with doing it all the time is that exhausted people do not always make the best decisions. —David A. Teich, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

And when those meet-ups do happen, fans are left feeling like an exhausted mother confronted with a mess in the kitchen: Not mad, but disappointed. —Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025

And recent, high-profile incidents have highlighted the scarcity and workload of exhausted air traffic controllers. —Holly Yan, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025

With the star’s fuel is exhausted and fusion burns out, the star explodes in a supernova, ejecting chemical elements out into space and leaving behind a very dense core. —Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for exhausted

• accosted
• costed
• frosted
• unexhausted