exhausted

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider.

Proto-Italic *auziō

Latin hauriō

Latin exhauriō

Latin exhaustusder.

English exhaust

English -ed

English exhausted

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; zonked (out).

   The exhausted man fell asleep immediately.

2. Depleted of resources.

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

3. (sciences, obsolete) 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

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

Translations

very tired — see also fatigued

• Catalan: exhaust, fatigat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疲憊不堪的 / 疲惫不堪的 (píbèi bùkān de), 筋疲力盡的 / 筋疲力尽的 (jīnpílìjìn de), 累到不行的 (lèi dào bùxíng de)

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

  Bokmål: utslitt, kjørt (no), utkjørt, utmattet, utmatta, gåen

  Nynorsk: utsliten, utmatta, gåen

• Polish: wyczerpany (pl)
• Portuguese: esgotado (pt), exausto (pt), fatigado (pt), afadigado (pt)
• Romanian: epuizat (ro), extenuat (ro), istovit (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: claoidhte
• Spanish: exhausto (es), agotado (es)
• Swedish: utmattad (sv)
• Ukrainian: виснажений (vysnaženyj)
• Unami: wikwihëla

drained of resources

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

  Mandarin: 枯竭的 (kūjié de), 耗盡的 / 耗尽的 (hàojìn de), 短缺的 (duǎnquē de)

• Finnish: ehtynyt (fi), ehdytetty
• German: erschöpft (de)
• Hungarian: kimerült (hu), kimerített, kiaknázott
• Italian: esaurito (it)
• Māori: 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)
• 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
• Māori: 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