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 exhausted new mom looked pleased to hear that. —Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025

At a moment when American architecture was caught between an exhausted Modernism and a callow Postmodernism, Frank Gehry showed the way forward. —Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 12 Dec. 2025

Bi strolled the red carpet in an oversized tuxedo, looking exhausted but giddy, next to his stars and his uncle. —Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025

After the game, Shane meets up with Rose as planned, and despite being exhausted, agrees to dance with her at the club. —Tom Smyth, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025

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