burnt-out

1. 1.

   exhausted as a result of longtime stress

   “she was burned-out before she was 30”

   Synonymsburned-out

   Similartired
2. 2.

   inoperative as a result of heat or friction

   “a burned-out picture tube”

   Synonymsburned-out

   Similarunserviceable
3. 3.

   destroyed or badly damaged by fire

   “a row of burned houses”

   “a charred bit of burnt wood”

   “a burned-over site in the forest”

   “barricaded the street with burnt-out cars”

   Synonymsburnedburntburned-overburned-out

   Similardestroyed

Questions about burnt-out

What does burnt-out mean?

burnt-out means "exhausted as a result of longtime stress". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in burnt-out?

burnt-out has 2 syllables: burn-t-out. The stress falls on "burn".

What is another word for burnt-out?

Close synonyms include burned-out, burned-out, burned, burnt, burned-over. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burnt-out a common word?

burnt-out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.