exhaustion
- noun
- /ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən/
- I was brought to the hospital where I was told I just had heat exhaustion.
- emotional exhaustion
- physical exhaustion
- mental exhaustion
But what can help diminish that exhaustion is structure and organization.
- But what can help diminish that exhaustion is structure and organization.
- So most casualties were caused by malnutrition, exhaustion and disease.
- And then they treated me for exhaustion for three weeks after that film.
- He's known to just swarm you into exhaustion and pound you out.
- Because performing from fatigue and exhaustion, you're never going to get your best.
- And when we work from a place of avoidance and exhaustion and fear, we make mistakes.
- The magic only works if you've exasperated yourself to the point of exhaustion and frustration.
- I've noticed that for me, exhaustion leads me to feel like I need to eat.
- It's with a sense of shame now or a sense of exhaustion.
- This is why people initially love working out to exhaustion.
- It's like the sight of sores and pains and agony and exhaustion.
- No, my problem is I I get so focused, I will work myself into exhaustion.
- I remember there were nights where I actually literally work to exhaustion and I fell asleep on my desk.
- There was beyond exhaustion and we have to actually think.
- It adds to the larger scale exhaustion of is the world really this hostile?
- She was also She also suffered intermittently from exhaustion and malnutrition.
Examples
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So most casualties were caused by malnutrition, exhaustion and disease.
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And he collapsed from exhaustion, didn't he?
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And then they treated me for exhaustion for three weeks after that film.
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It's not just the exhaustion from running.
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All right, the poor woman was probably suffering from nervous exhaustion.
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But what can help diminish that exhaustion is structure and organization.
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All of her senses were dulled by exhaustion, including her sense of taste.
Fiction book (1991) -
Finally, he fell asleep from exhaustion and slept until dawn when he heard footsteps approaching.
Fiction book (1992) -
So when Selena was hospitalized last June for exhaustion, many feared the worst.
Academic text (2011) -
After working long hours every day, she finally realized her exhaustion was affecting her health.
Synonyms
A strong feeling of being very tired in body or mind
A state of extreme tiredness from too much work or stress
A feeling of tiredness and low energy
A feeling of not having energy after physical or mental work
A state of being very tired in body or mind
Extreme mental and physical tiredness after long stress or worry
A feeling of being tired after long thinking or stress
A very tired mind after long thinking or a lot of stress
A feeling of great weakness and tiredness
Being very tired so you cannot sleep and feel restless or easily annoyed
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A condition when you feel dizzy, sick, and weak after being very hot and not drinking enough water
How Tired
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word exhaustion comes from Latin parts ex- meaning 'out' and haust from haurire meaning 'to draw or drink up'. So when you are exhausted your energy has been 'drawn out' or drained, which is why it means extreme tiredness.