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

• tired
• drained
• weary

Examples of exhausted in a Sentence

the exhausted runner crossed the finish line and just collapsed

Recent Examples on the Web

So, yeah, when all was said and done, Jones was exhausted. —Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

If your teen is looking more tired than usual or frequently talks about feeling exhausted, start a conversation with them about the quality of their sleep. —Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025

Grants are then funded, starting from the top-scoring grant and proceeding down the list, until the budget is exhausted. —John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, nearing the end of his second four-year term as the chairman of America’s central bank, seems exhausted with the spotlight. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for exhausted

• accosted
• costed
• frosted
• unexhausted