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 Pictures posted online showed a fire burning out of control at the top of the building on the central Shevchenko Boulevard. — Reuters, NBC news, 2 July 2026 Generation Z came up with active-shooter drills, a pandemic that shut down their schools, climate dread, nonstop digital comparison, shaky job markets, and a front-row view of older workers burning out. — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 And the difference between making a career and building a flywheel is the difference between burning out at year ten and still going at year thirty. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 27 May 2026 For one year as well, apprentices stay protected, working with a senior employee to avoid burning out. — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 18 May 2026 High school coaches cut back on mileage and intensity in response to charges that runners were burning out in their teens. — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 Keeping it fresh How has a band that’s been together for more than 50 years managed to remain a creative force without burning out, splitting up or devolving into little more than a human jukebox pumping out nostalgia? — Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 All that, in a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers to keep the final embers of the Red Wings’ playoff hopes from burning out. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026 The fire broke out for a short time before burning out by itself, police said, adding that no one was injured. — Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burning out

Verb

Doctors Without Borders health workers wearing personal protective equipment move through the isolated red zone to monitor patients, provide medical care and ensure sanitation at the Ebola Treatment Center in Munigi in Congo on June 2, 2026.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Rodríguez Castro can be seen wearing a New York Yankees shirt, moving suggestively to driving percussive beats, punctuated by catchy, syncopated vocals.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of wearing

Verb

In that case, authorities believe the mother was responsible for slaying the family and then killing herself.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Critics didn’t shy away from directly accusing Starmer’s government of essentially killing pensioners.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Definition of killing

Verb

The two young women at the center of the chamber piece that is Fruit Gathering face more challenges than hard work in a monotonous environment, including exhausting work, economic uncertainty and social repression.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
This convergence is a very encouraging sign, providing the first footprint of a structural trend change and indicating that the selling pressure from the recent rug pull is finally exhausting itself.

— Nishant Pant, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Definition of exhausting

Verb

Banging, rattling, grinding, squealing, or buzzing noises often indicate that something inside the system is loose, damaged, or wearing out.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
The chiptune soundtrack is energetic without wearing out its welcome, and the writing keeps things light with short diary entries and snarky bits of dialogue.

— Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

Definition of wearing out

Verb

Then came this spring’s historic and devastating floods across northern Michigan — in some areas, for the first time anyone can remember — swamping homes, pushing dams to the brink of failure and washing out roadways.

— Tammy Webber, Fortune, 23 June 2026
Then came this spring's historic and devastating floods across northern Michigan — in some areas, for the first time anyone can remember — swamping homes, pushing dams to the brink of failure and washing out roadways.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Definition of washing out

Verb

But if the drain line is clogged or the drain pan is not tilted appropriately, then this could prevent the moisture from draining away.

— Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 10 July 2026
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, whose agency oversees the National Park Service, told conservative podcaster Katie Miller in an interview released earlier this week that the new round of draining was planned.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026