Meanings
comparative more played out · superlative most played out
- Tired out; exhausted; at the end of one's resources.
Bo was about played out and I hollered up for that Hutchens to come help me.
1968, Charles Portis, True GritSynonyms: exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of play out.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTired out; exhausted; at the end of one's resources.
adjectiveOverused, hackneyed; clichéd.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedrained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
adjectiveworn out
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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played out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/played%20out
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