Usually means: Exhausted from excessive stress, overwhelmed.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 18 dictionaries that define the word burnt-out:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. burnt-out: Merriam-Webster
  2. burnt-out: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. burnt-out, burnt-out: Collins English Dictionary
  4. burnt-out: Vocabulary.com
  5. Burnt-out, burnt-out: Wordnik
  6. burnt-out: Dictionary.com
  7. burnt-out: Rhymezone
  8. burnt-out: FreeDictionary.org
  9. burnt-out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. burnt-out: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. burnt-out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  12. burnt-out: Infoplease Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burnt-out: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burnt-out: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burnt-out: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burnt-out: Idioms

Definitions from WordNet (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  inoperative as a result of heat or friction
adjective:  exhausted as a result of long-time stress
adjective:  destroyed or badly damaged by fire ("Barricaded the street with burnt-out cars")


Opposite:

Words similar to burnt-out

Usage examples for burnt-out

Idioms related to burnt-out

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular nouns described by burnt-out

Words that often appear near burnt-out

Rhymes of burnt-out

Invented words related to burnt-out

Similar:

Opposite:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux