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

the exhausted runner crossed the finish line and just collapsed

Recent Examples on the Web

Some of them wanted to dance, some spent time with their families, others just looked exhausted. —Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 May 2025

But now, a quieter trend is taking hold in exhausted households nationwide: revenge meals. —Christine Michel Carter, Parents, 20 May 2025

Thunder coach Mark Daigneault has been abundantly transparent about his intention to rotate fresh legs onto Denver's increasingly exhausted star players. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 16 May 2025

The music video concludes with an exhausted and bloody Charli on the baggage claim carousel. —Marina Watts, People.com, 14 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for exhausted

• accosted
• costed
• frosted
• unexhausted