Basic Details
Word: Exhausted
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Extremely tired; also completely used up, as when supplies are exhausted.
Synonyms: tired, worn out, drained, spent
Antonyms: energetic, refreshed, lively
How to Spell Exhausted
Syllables: ex - haust - ed
Tricky part: The h after ex is silent, so students write exausted. The middle is aus, not os or uas.
Watch out for: exausted, exhosted, exhuasted
Memory tip: Exhausted contains haust, and a car's exhaust pipe pushes out used-up gas. When you are exhausted, all your energy has been pushed out too.
Usage Examples
Example 1: After the cross-country race we were too exhausted to talk.
Example 2: The shop had exhausted its stock of notebooks by the second week of June.
Example 3: Amma was exhausted after cooking for forty guests at Pongal.
Fun Fact
Exhaust comes from the Latin exhaurire, to draw out or drain, built on haurire, the verb Romans used for drawing water.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
By the time the bus reached Shimla after the long overnight ride, every passenger was exausted and wanted only a cup of hot tea and a warm bed.
a) passenger
b) reached
c) overnight
d) exausted
Show answer
d) exausted. A silent h follows the x: ex-h-austed.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word exhausted as used in the sentence:
The players looked exhausted as they walked off the field after extra time.
a) drained
b) energetic
c) weary
d) tired
Show answer
b) energetic. Energetic means full of energy, the opposite of having none left.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The rescue team had dexusthae all their food supplies by the third day.
a) exhaled
b) exhausted
c) exalted
d) exhorted
Show answer
b) exhausted. The jumble has nine letters, including a u and an s, which exhaled, exhorted and exalted lack.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A mine that is exhausted has ____.
a) been freshly painted
b) nothing more to give
c) a new owner
d) only just opened
Show answer
b) nothing more to give
2. Running a full marathon is likely to leave you ____.
a) exhausted
b) bored
c) sleepless
d) hungry for sweets
Show answer
a) exhausted
