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

Some scientists said that further rescue efforts would in themselves cause the ailing and exhausted animal severe stress. —ABC News, 16 May 2026

But crucially, people are very exhausted by the amount of noise online and by AI slop. —Angela Yang, NBC news, 15 May 2026

For just one example of how this firehose of data is expected to transform our understanding of the cosmos, consider supernovas, the brilliant death throes of exhausted stars. —Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026

However, the judge overseeing Lively and Baldoni’s legal battle seemed completely exhausted by the back-and-forth and ended up denying the request. —Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 13 May 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