mental exhaustion
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- noun
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- After studying for hours without a break, she felt a deep sense of mental exhaustion that made it hard for her to focus.
- physical and mental exhaustion
- emotional and mental exhaustion
Examples
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It is "a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by long-term involvement in situations that are emotionally demanding" (Pines & Aronson 1988, 9).
Academic text (1996) -
She's suffering from mental exhaustion, and her drinking doesn't help her any.
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The result is mental exhaustion...
Blog text (25) -
Physical and mental exhaustion were reported as the days stretched to months. STS DURATION
Academic text (2007) -
I would argue that it is the mental exhaustion accompanying our failure to imagine huge figures that opens an avenue into the sublime.
Academic text (1997) -
Your symptoms include physical and mental exhaustion, a sense of depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment.
Academic text (2000) -
This season has been an exercise in frustration and mental exhaustion, and I'm just ready for it to be over, while sad that it will end, as well as I love watching the Bears play on Saturdays.
Blog text (28) -
Fender (1989) considers feelings of mental exhaustion as an important aspect of burnout.
Academic text (1991) -
The long hours at work led to severe mental exhaustion, making him feel irritable and forgetful.
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Prolonged periods of high stress can result in mental exhaustion, leaving individuals struggling to concentrate.
Synonyms
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3.6
Extreme physical or mental tiredness after hard work
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3.1
A strong feeling of being very tired in body or mind
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4.1
A state of extreme tiredness from too much work or stress
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A feeling of not having energy after physical or mental work
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A feeling of being tired after long thinking or stress
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Extreme mental and physical tiredness after long stress or worry
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9.9
Long-lasting extreme tiredness in body and mind once named by doctors
A feeling of mental tiredness that makes it hard to think
Being very tired so you cannot sleep and feel restless or easily annoyed
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'mental' (relating to the mind) modifies 'exhaustion' (severe depletion of energy), yielding a clear meaning of extreme cognitive or emotional fatigue. This adjective+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Mental exhaustion comes from the image of the mind (mental) being 'used up' or out of energy after long thinking or strong stress (exhaustion). So, 'mental exhaustion' means the mind feels very tired and cannot work well.