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

Everyone is exhausted and tapped out financially from the holidays and nobody wants to party or buy gifts. —​wendy Wisner, Parents, 17 Feb. 2025

The 50-year-old retired cop is thirsty and exhausted, and his attempts to spark a campfire using a ferro rod have failed miserably. —Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025

Some felt let down by the obfuscation when her ban was made public in November, having believed that Swiatek was taking some time out having appeared so mentally and physically exhausted at the U.S. Open, her most recent event. —Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025

The exhausted, traumatized victim endures this treatment in the hope that the whole nightmare can be made real to those who will sit in judgment of her. —Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for exhausted

• accosted
• costed
• frosted
• unexhausted