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

Recent Examples on the Web

Garland is strongest with impressions: chirping birds over bloody lawns, the laconic humor of exhausted soldiers on a stakeout, a quick shot of Lee deleting some of her own photos, a private mode of self-care. —Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024

Scarbrough said she’s been too exhausted to participate. —David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024

The exhausted horse is resting and expected to fully recover from the ordeal. —Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024

The Paladins jumped around and sprayed water and basked in the national limelight and exhausted precious emotional reserves … and lost 75-52 against SDSU two days later. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024

There are some genuinely terrific moments between women wherein an adversarial exchange collapses into exhausted and amusing intimacy. —Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024

The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring against the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed in the Sweet 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs just like UConn’s previous eight opponents in the Big Dance. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024

Every pampered guest and every exhausted crew member. —Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024

Supply-chain bottlenecks and a steep increase in international demand — caused in part by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza — have exhausted supplies of gunpowder and rocket propellants. —David L. Stern, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1