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 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burning out

Verb

In a clearing in the forest, his younger selves sit at a long table with the abbott, who is wearing the final boss of season three’s awful wigs.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Javier Bardem, wearing a Spain replica shirt with Borja Iglesias’ name and No 26 on the back, was shown celebrating in the stands.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of wearing

Verb

But there were hero moments here too, the same refusal to lose, the same team-work, the same selfless effort in exhausting physical conditions.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
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

Definition of exhausting

Verb

Spain beat France, 2-0, in Tuesday’s semifinal in Arlington, Texas, knocking out perhaps the tournament’s best player, Kylian Mbappé, and one of the defining powers of modern World Cup soccer.

— Rick Maese, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Rodrigues bounced back from that knockout loss with three straight wins, knocking out Denis Tiuliulin.

— Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of knocking out

Verb

Made from high-quality, sustainable materials, Crushgrind mills are designed to last for years without clogging, rusting, or wearing out.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
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

Definition of wearing out

Verb

From choosing different mulch to planting ground covers, read on to learn how to stop mulch from washing out of your flower beds once and for all.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 July 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.

— Tammy Webber, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Definition of washing out

Verb

Fabricating a purely electromechanical robot at the millimeter scale requires intricate, heavy motors that consume significant power, typically draining tiny batteries within mere minutes of operation.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
Roses require nutrient-rich, well-draining soil for healthy growth.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 July 2026