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

That’s why an exhausted Gustavsson was slow to embrace his teammates after the final horn sounded. —Michael Russo, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025

King Charles cant get involved in Prince Harrys security woes: author Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine and author of ‘My Mother and I,’ explains why the monarch is too exhausted to deal with his younger son’s ongoing court battle. —Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025

At what point will the Republican Party become exhausted with his nonsense? —Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025

Hours after her family members were killed, an exhausted Hanan leaned her against the wall of a relative’s home. —Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1