adjective Internet Slang

Burnt Out

/bɜrnt aʊt/ · adjective · informal

Mentally and physically drained from prolonged stress, usually work.

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Definitions

1

Exhausted and depleted from chronic overwork or stress, often with lost motivation.

“I'm so burnt out I can't even open my laptop without dread.”
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2

Describing a state of emotional flatness from giving too much for too long.

“She's burnt out from caregiving and running on empty.”
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3

Loosely, just very tired or over something.

“I'm burnt out on this whole friend group, honestly.”
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Burnt Out In A Sentence

Burnt out isn't 'tired,' it's tired that sleep doesn't fix.
I hit burnt out so hard I forgot what hobbies feel like.
Three jobs and no rest, no wonder he's completely burnt out.

Origin & Usage

'Burnout' was named by psychologist Herbert Freudenberger in the 1970s. The phrase 'burnt out' became a defining millennial and Gen Z descriptor for hustle-culture exhaustion in the 2010s-2020s.

Variants BurnoutBurned OutBurning Out
Tags #gen-z#american#texting

People Also Ask

What does burnt out mean?

It means being mentally and physically drained from prolonged stress, usually work, with lost motivation.

Is burnout the same as being tired?

No — burnout is deep depletion that rest alone often doesn't fix, unlike ordinary tiredness.

What does burnt out mean on TikTok?

It's used both seriously for work exhaustion and loosely for being fed up or over something.

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