BURNING OUT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

burning out

verb

present participle of burn out

as in wearing

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 burning out How do leaders unlock the efficiency gains of AI without burning out their teams? — Khadim Batti, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Daily Cardio Load indicates how much to push your workouts each day to make progress in training without burning out. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026 The fire has destroyed 100 hectares of trees and was burning out of control but was not immediately threatening homes. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 The Red Bull Showrun, a live high-speed motorsports demonstration, will feature Formula 1 cars burning out and doing donuts on a roughly half-mile stretch of Hank Aaron Drive. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 31 July 2026 Shifting and gusting winds, as well as arid conditions, complicated massive efforts to limit the spread of the monster blaze burning out of control since midweek in France’s Gironde region, where Bordeaux is located. — Mark Carlson, Fortune, 27 July 2026 North winds pushed the smoke from some 900 wildfires, including about 120 burning out of control in Canada, south and southeast into northern Illinois. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 Canada has over 900 wildfires, including 120 currently burning out of control. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 17 July 2026 The pressure was the main catalyst to burning out, just talking about me personally. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burning out

Verb

Pisces February 19 – March 20 A busy day could reveal where your routine has been quietly wearing you down.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
After shooting Lino in the foot, the stranger reveals himself as Father Joe (Kiefer Sutherland), an actual priest who takes on Manhattan’s drug dealers wearing his work clothes.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of wearing

Verb

Commanders should seek positional advantages without exhausting their soldiers, manipulate the enemy’s movements when possible, and recognize when circumstances make pursuit or attack unwise.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
The dispute has become even more complicated because some members of the 2022 class pursued professional opportunities after exhausting their eligibility under the previous system.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of exhausting

Verb

Physicists used Wilson’s calculations to justify the previously murky mechanics of quantum field theory, which treats each particle as a wave while washing out the less significant effects of the smallest vibrations.

— Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
Rain postponed the start of play, washing out the entire morning session and much of the second.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of washing out

Verb

What is clear is that Keith and Camilla’s search for answers is time-consuming, mentally draining and deeply frustrating, compounded by their grief and not helped by what feels like a lack of accountability.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Condensation water was draining slowly from the walk-in cooler at the floor drain.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026