exhausted

/ig'zɔ:stid/

Thân thiện

She felt completely exhausted after the long hike.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Completely drained of physical energy; extremely tired: Describes a state of having no strength or vitality left, often due to strenuous activity or prolonged effort.
   • Depleted; used up completely: Describes something (like a resource, soil, or supply) that has been consumed or utilized to the point where nothing remains.

Usage Examples

• Describing a person's physical state:
  • After running the marathon, she was completely exhausted.
  • The long hours of work left him feeling exhausted and unable to focus.
• Describing a depleted resource or condition:
  • The exhausted soil could no longer support crops.
  • They abandoned the exhausted mine after all the valuable ore was removed.

Advanced Usage

• "to be exhausted from": to be extremely tired as a result of a specific cause.
  • He was exhausted from studying all night for the exam.
• "to feel exhausted": to experience a state of complete physical or mental fatigue.
  • Even after a long vacation, she still felt exhausted.

Variants and Related Words

• Exhaust (verb): To use up completely; to drain of strength or resources.
  • The difficult climb will exhaust your energy.
• Exhausting (adjective): Causing extreme fatigue.
  • It was an exhausting journey.
• Exhaustion (noun): The state of being exhausted; extreme fatigue.
  • He was suffering from heat exhaustion.

Synonyms

• Drained: Emptied of energy or resources.
• Fatigued: Worn out, tired.
• Spent: Used up; depleted of energy.
• Weary: Feeling or showing tiredness.

Antonyms

• Energetic: Showing or involving great activity or vitality.
• Refreshed: Having regained strength or energy.
• Vigorous: Strong, healthy, and full of energy.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Run someone ragged/exhausted: To make someone very tired by keeping them busy.
  • The children ran their parents ragged at the amusement park.
• Dead on one's feet: Extremely tired but still standing or working.
  • After the 16-hour shift, the nurses were dead on their feet.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. drained physically
   • the day's events left her completely exhausted--her strength drained
2. depleted of energy, force, or strength
   • impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil
   • the exhausted food sources
   • exhausted oil wells
3. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
   • the day's shopping left her exhausted
   • he went to bed dog-tired
   • was fagged and sweaty
   • the trembling of his played out limbs
   • felt completely washed-out
   • only worn-out horses and cattle
   • you look worn out

Từ đồng nghĩa

• spent
• dog-tired
• fagged
• fatigued
• played out
• washed-out
• worn-out
• worn out