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

Balla was crashing with McGrady and remembers coming home one night, exhausted and disoriented, to find the drummer enjoying a beer in the backyard with his roommate. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024

By the end of the episode, the war has drawn to an exhausted close, and the residents of the 4077th are scattering after many tearful farewells. —Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 May 2024

Brenneman’s Miriam is an exhausted, but defiant Jewish mother. —Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 Apr. 2024

The group had already walked about 25 miles that day when members stopped, exhausted, for a break. —Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024

There was an exhausted James, tripping down the lane, losing the ball, hitting the hardwood, lying prone on the court for several pained minutes while 19,000 screamed above him in delight. —Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024

The exhausted birds are then left vulnerable to other threats in their environments. —Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2024

My favorite lyrics are the simplest, and are delivered with a kind of exhausted calm. —Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024

The works for Venice had all left the studio that day, and Gibson was exhausted and emotional. —Jillian Steinhauer, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1