played out

adjective

1

: worn out or used up

2

: tired out : spent

Synonyms of played out

• tired
• exhausted
• tapped out
• wiped out
• worn to a frazzle
• drained
• weary
• worn

Examples of played out in a Sentence

I'm just played out after the week I've had.

Recent Examples on the Web

As the president tests the limits of his executive authority and takes a bulldozer -- in some cases literally -- approach to changing Washington and the country, the ramifications for Republicans and Democrats are going to be played out in these results. —Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025

Lack and his colleagues’ investigations into why, which played out over the next 15 years, led to last month’s remarkable finding that the incidence of peanut allergies in the US – after a precipitous rise – appeared to have fallen dramatically. —Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025

Sports franchises usually go out of their way to avoid court battles, which are played out in public before fans and media and can lead to the release of testimony, videos, emails, texts and other disclosures that might spur controversy. —Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025

Mogetta said this likely played out in the form of small-scale raiding parties. —Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for played out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout