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 of exhausted

• tired
• drained
• weary

Examples of exhausted in a Sentence

the exhausted runner crossed the finish line and just collapsed

Recent Examples on the Web

Eventually the drums drop out, as if entirely exhausted, and the orchestra returns. —Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 2 May 2026

One of these supply sources will become exhausted as the conflict goes on, Woods said. —Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 May 2026

Now, that funding is exhausted. —Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026

Even the most ambitious stories often felt exhausted by the third installment, with diminishing creative and financial returns. —Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing exhausted

• exhausted all the possibilities

Rhymes for exhausted

• accosted
• costed
• frosted
• unexhausted