BURNED OUT Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

burned-out 1 of 2

adjective

ˈbərnd-ˈau̇t

variants or burnt-out

Definition of burned-out

as in tired

depleted in strength, energy, or freshness I'm feeling so burned-out that I can't wait for vacation

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burned out

2 of 2

verb

variants or burnt out

past tense of burn out

as in killed

to use up all the physical energy of working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out

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Recent Examples of burned-out

Adjective

Streets are empty, and some streets have burnt-out vehicles on the medians in the aftermath of the violence that erupted after the drug lord's death. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026 The burned-out, rusty remnants of a walk-in vault squat in the center of the structure. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026

Verb

Attempting to be all things to all people is a recipe for feeling burnt out and resentful, and your best people-pleasing efforts could surely backfire. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026 Sources additionally say that officers have burnt out while working overtime month after month — all on top of functioning in an already tense and dangerous environment, likening the situation to a powder keg ready to blow. — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for burned-out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burned-out

Adjective

His handicapping merited attention and newsletter sales, but Steele soon tired of tipping his own hand to the oddsmakers in Vegas.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
More and more young people are turning toward low- or no-tech lives, tired of the endless scroll most of us face for hours each day.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of tired

Verb

Prosecutors allege Shakur was killed to avenge the rapper's entourage attacking Davis' nephew, Anderson, a few hours earlier at the MGM Grand after a boxing match involving Mike Tyson.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Forty of those have been delivered, Skibitskiy said, and two are suspected to have been used in Radushne, in the Dnipro Region, on 30 July in an attack that killed at least four children from the same family.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of killed

Adjective

Even Musk, despite his vow to take a chainsaw to the bureaucracy, seemed exhausted by the vastness of what his Department of Government Efficiency had taken on, and abandoned DOGE over a year earlier than planned.

— Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Create healthy boundaries around activities that might leave you feeling depleted or exhausted, such as unnecessary social media scrolling.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

The singer wore a black hoodie and appeared to be half-covered with a blanket.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
While the bride wore a satin, strapless Danielle Frankel wedding gown for the ceremony, the voluminous, floor-length skirt obscured her shoes on her big day.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of wore

Adjective

As competition intensifies, Walmart and Kroger are lowering prices across the board to appeal to inflation-weary, cost-conscious consumers.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Within years, the iconoclastic comic was a weary and defeated man — broke, baggy-eyed, and prematurely old.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of weary

Verb

But as oil is drained from these reserves, the integrity of the caverns may be imperiled.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Free mosquitofish are also available through the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District for ponds, troughs and other standing water that cannot be drained.

— Jessie Baltaxe, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of drained

Verb

Rojo Neog left his house in India's Assam state on the evening of July 19 to buy candles after heavy rain knocked out electricity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Afternoon storms with high winds across Central Arkansas on Monday knocked out power for roughly 27,000 customers, according to Entergy.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked out

Verb

The river is particularly dangerous near Hazel Dell Parkway and 106th Street in Carmel, where fast-moving waters washed out a bridge, commissioners said.

— John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026
Heavy rains hammered Indiana over the past week, causing rivers to crest and setting records as roads and bridges were seriously damaged or washed out entirely by the rushing waters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of washed out

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