exhausted

English

Etymology

From exhaust +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔstɪd/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɑstɪd/

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Adjective

exhausted (comparative more exhausted, superlative most exhausted)

1. Very tired; in a state of exhaustion.

   The exhausted man fell asleep immediately.

2. Depleted of resources.

   The exhausted mine was worthless once all the ore had been extracted.

3. (sciences, now historical) Emptied of contents, especially of air; that has been made into a vacuum.
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 839:

     A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fatigued or Thesaurus:depleted

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

• exhausted combination
• exhaustedly
• exhaustedness
• exhausted receiver
• exhaustipated
• inexhausted
• unexhausted

Translations

very tired

• Catalan: exhaust
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: lacega
• Finnish: uupunut (fi), väsyksissä, poikki (fi)
• French: épuisé (fr)
• Galician: esgotado, exausto (gl)
• German: erschöpft (de)
• Hungarian: kimerült (hu)
• Italian: esausto (it)
• Khmer: នឿយ (km) (nɨəy)
• Louisiana Creole French: fatigé
• Macedonian: истоштен (istošten), исцрпен (iscrpen)
• Maori: ngenge (mi), ru(w)ha, ruhi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utslitt, utkjørt, utmattet

  Nynorsk: utsliten, utmatta

• Polish: wyczerpany (pl)
• Portuguese: esgotado (pt), exausto (pt)
• Romanian: epuizat (ro), extenuat (ro), istovit (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: claoidhte
• Spanish: exhausto (es), agotado (es)
• Ukrainian: виснажений (vysnaženyj)

drained of resources

• Azerbaijani: qurtarmış, bitmiş, tükənmiş
• Bulgarian: изчерпан (bg) (izčerpan)
• Catalan: exhaust
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ehtynyt (fi), ehdytetty
• German: erschöpft (de)
• Hungarian: kimerült (hu), kimerített, kiaknázott
• Maori: tohetea (of soil fertility), pau, mahiti, tītōhea (of soil), hūiki (of over-cultivated soil)
• Norwegian: utpint

  Bokmål: uttømt

  Nynorsk: uttømd

• Polish: wyczerpany (pl)
• Romanian: epuizat (ro), sărăcit
• Russian: исче́рпанный (ru) (isčérpannyj), вы́работанный (ru) (výrabotannyj)
• Spanish: exhausto (es), agotado (es)
• Swedish: slut (sv), uttömd

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Azerbaijani: əldən düşmüş (of people), əldən-ayaqdan düşmüş (of people), ölümcül (of people), əzgin (of people), üzgün (of people), əzinik (of people)
• Bulgarian: изтощен (bg) (iztošten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 疲憊 / 疲惫 (zh) (píbèi), 精疲力盡 / 精疲力尽 (zh) (jīngpílìjìn), 精疲力竭 (zh) (jīngpílìjié), 累死 (zh) (lèisǐ), (depleted) 被用盡的, 被用尽的 (bèi yòngjìn de), 被耗盡的, 被耗尽的 (bèi hàojìn de), 被用光的 (bèi yòngguāng de)

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} vyčerpaný (cs)
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} udkørt, udmattet, opbrugt, udtømt
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} uitgeput (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} laca (eo)
• French: ^{(please verify)} épuisé (fr), à bout de forces (fr)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} მოქანცული (mokanculi)
• German: erschöpft (de), geschafft (de) (colloquial)
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} εξαντλημένος (el) (exantliménos)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} fatigate
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} tuirseach traochta
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 使い尽くされた (つかいつくされた, tsukaitsukusareta)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} effētus
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pukā, ngawhingawhi
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} exausto (pt), exaurido (pt), esgotado (pt)
• Romanian: vlăguit (ro), secătuit (ro), obosit (ro), istovit (ro)
• Russian: истощённый (ru) (istoščónnyj), изнурённый (ru) (iznurjónnyj)
• Scots: ^{(please verify)} wabbit
• Swedish: utmattad (sv), slut (sv), slutkörd (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Winnebago: ^{(please verify)} hoixʼįkjį
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} אויסגעמוטשעט (oysgemutshet)

Verb

exhausted

1. simple past and past participle of exhaust