'burned-out' definitions:
Definition of 'burned-out'
From: WordNet
adjective
Exhausted as a result of longtime stress; "she was burned-out before she was 30" [syn: burned-out, burnt- out]
adjective
Inoperative as a result of heat or friction; "a burned-out picture tube" [syn: burned-out, burnt-out]
adjective
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" [syn: burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out]
Definition of 'burned-out'
From: GCIDE
- burned-out \burned-out\ burnt-out \burnt-out\adj. prenom.
- 1. drained of energy or effectiveness; driven to apathy by overwork or prolonged stress; -- of people.
- Syn: burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), fagged, exhausted, fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate), worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. damaged or destroyed by or as if by fire; as, barricaded the street with burned-out cars.
- Syn: burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]