Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #224 of 1319

exhausted (adj.)

extremely tired

Examples

  • I'm exhausted after the trip.

Key rules

  • Exhausted means extremely tired
  • Be exhausted from or after
  • Exhaustion is the noun

Common mistakes

  • I am exhausted for the trip → I am exhausted from the trip
  • She is exhaustion → She is exhausted

Use cases

  • Describing long days
  • Talking about travel
  • Describing hard work
💡 Tip: Exhausted is stronger than tired.
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