Verb
- 1. exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out, tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
- usage: wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
- 2. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out, spend, expend, drop
- usage: use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
- 3. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire, consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
- usage: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
- 4. exhaust, empty
- usage: use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food supplies"
- 5. exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
- usage: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
Adjective
- 1. draining, exhausting, debilitating (vs. invigorating)
- usage: having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun"
- 2. exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearying, effortful (vs. effortless)
- usage: producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"
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