Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb burn-out

1 sense of burn out

Sense 1
blow out, burn out, blow -- (melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew")
       => fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down -- (stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident")

Antonyms of adj burned-out

3 senses of burned-out

Sense 1
burned-out, burnt-out -- (exhausted as a result of longtime stress; "she was burned-out before she was 30")

INDIRECT (VIA tired) -> rested -- (not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing; "came back rested from her vacation")

Sense 2
burned-out, burnt-out -- (inoperative as a result of heat or friction; "a burned-out picture tube")

INDIRECT (VIA unserviceable) -> serviceable -- (ready for service or able to give long service; "serviceable equipment"; "heavy serviceable fabrics")

Sense 3
burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA destroyed) -> preserved -- (kept intact or in a particular condition)

Similarity of adj burned-out

3 senses of burned-out

Sense 1
burned-out, burnt-out -- (exhausted as a result of longtime stress; "she was burned-out before she was 30")
       => tired (vs. rested) -- (depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat")

Sense 2
burned-out, burnt-out -- (inoperative as a result of heat or friction; "a burned-out picture tube")
       => unserviceable (vs. serviceable) -- (not ready for service; "unserviceable equipment may be replaced")

Sense 3
burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out -- (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")
       => destroyed (vs. preserved) -- (spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind")

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