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 of exhausted

• tired
• drained
• weary

Examples of exhausted in a Sentence

the exhausted runner crossed the finish line and just collapsed

Recent Examples on the Web

The biennial form is not exhausted. —Manuela Moscoso, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026

On Monday, the Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodin started uploading over 700,000 barrels of oil in Matanzas, a temporary relief for an already exhausted population. —Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026

Looking back at dinner, Randy said that his son seemed exhausted after pulling several all-nighters to study and was dealing with the grief of losing his mother. —Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026

The first arrow is the unavoidable unpleasant experience that comes with being human – for example, feeling exhausted after a poor night’s sleep. —J. David Creswell, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing exhausted

• exhausted all the possibilities

Rhymes for exhausted

• accosted
• costed
• frosted
• unexhausted