perishingly tired

7.9

Very low on energy and unable to do much

adjective

Informal

: extremadamente cansado

She was perishingly tired after working all night.

Examples

He felt perishingly tired after running the marathon in the heat.
By the end of their long travels, everyone was perishingly tired and ready to go to bed.
After pulling an all-nighter for her exams, she was perishingly tired the next morning.
After the long hike, I felt perishingly tired.
After pulling an all-nighter for her exams, she was perishingly tired the next morning.
By the end of their long travels, everyone was perishingly tired and ready to go to bed.
He felt perishingly tired after running the marathon in the heat.

Synonyms

tired

vsperishingly tired

∞ 1.0

Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy

expresses a much stronger, near-total form of energy loss

dead

vsperishingly tired

Informal

131 6.6

Extremely tired and with no energy after hard work

is a stronger, more vivid expression of total exhaustion

exhausted

vsperishingly tired

104 2.0

Very tired and completely used up for a person or thing after using all energy

is an even stronger, more dramatic expression of extreme fatigue

burned-out

vsperishingly tired

27 4.4

Very tired after doing too much work for a long time

is immediate and extreme rather than focusing on long causes

fatigued

vsperishingly tired

13 4.1

Feeling very tired and having no energy

is a more vivid, urgent way to mark total energy loss

gone

vsperishingly tired

Informal

9 7.4

Extremely tired with no energy

is more emphatic and vivid when stressing extreme exhaustion

bleary-eyed

vsperishingly tired

5 5.3

Having eyes that look tired from not enough sleep

describes full-body extreme exhaustion rather than eye appearance

knackered

vsperishingly tired

3 8.5

Feeling very tired and having no energy

is similar but more forceful and vivid in tone

dog-tired

vsperishingly tired

Informal

3 6.4

Very tired after doing hard work for a long time

is a more intense, somewhat dramatic way to state that state

dead on one's feet

vsperishingly tired

Informal

2 7.1

Very tired after hard physical or mental work

describes a deeper exhaustion that feels almost unbearable

totn

vsperishingly tired

Slang

2 9.9

Feeling very tired and without energy

is more vividly expressive and less colloquial in tone

washed-out

vsperishingly tired

Informal

1 5.1

Being very tired and without energy

states a stronger, more intense state of complete exhaustion

bushed

vsperishingly tired

Informal

1 8.2

Feeling very tired after a long time of hard work or activity

casts the same idea in a more extreme, urgent way

aweary

vsperishingly tired

Archaic

1 9.9

Very tired in both body and mind from long trouble or hard work

is a more forceful, modern expression of severe exhaustion

bone-deep tired

vsperishingly tired

8.2

Very tired all through your body so you can barely move

expresses a similarly deep exhaustion but more intense and dire

overworn

vsperishingly tired

6.1

Very tired because of too much work or travel

focuses on the same extreme state but without naming the cause

wearied

vsperishingly tired

3.4

Feeling very tired after hard physical or mental effort

is harsher, suggesting the exhaustion reaches an extreme degree

drained

vsperishingly tired

3.4

Feeling very tired with no energy left

is a stronger, more dramatic label for total energy loss

worn-out

vsperishingly tired

2.4

A person who is very tired and needs rest after hard work

emphasizes pure extreme fatigue without implying reduced usefulness

deuced tired

vsperishingly tired

Archaic

9.9

Feeling very tired and unable to do much

is even more extreme and dramatic in stressing utter depletion

as tired as HE-double-toothpicks

vsperishingly tired

Informal

9.9

So tired you can hardly move

is similar but more serious and strongly expressive

totally zogged

vsperishingly tired

Slang

9.9

Feeling very tired and without energy

is a more intense, emphatic label for the same state

Antonyms

refreshed

1 1.5

Feeling rested and full of new energy after a break

How Tired

perishingly tired

Informal

7.9

exhausted

104 2.0

weary

129 3.2

tired

∞ 1.0

rested

1.0

Surface Forms

perishingly tired positive

Morphology

perishingly + tired

The adverb 'perishingly' is transparently formed from 'perish' (to die) with the -ly adverbial morphology and conveys an intensifying meaning 'to the point of perishing.' When combined with 'tired' this composition yields 'extremely tired,' a predictable intensifier pattern that a B1 learner who knows the constituents can reasonably infer.

Etymology

The phrase perishingly tired uses perishingly, from the verb perish meaning 'to die'. People used perishingly to make a feeling sound almost like 'dying', so perishingly tired gives the image of being so tired you might 'die', which is why it means very, very tired.