weariness
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈwɪriness/
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cansancio
- After a long day of work, I felt overwhelming weariness and just wanted to sleep.
- weariness and rest
- weariness with war
- weariness and hunger
But I've observed that that's led to a little bit of weariness around some of the tech.
- But I've observed that that's led to a little bit of weariness around some of the tech.
- No end to weariness, physical as well as moral.
- And it does so in order to deal with the meaninglessness and the suffering and the weariness that comes with being a living thing.
- Now the the bloody casualty statistics, the war weariness.
- But The thing is, I went, I was momentarily wary and he could see that glimpse of of sort of weariness.
- And it means something like it's something fairly similar to this, this sadness or dejection, heaviness or weariness of heart.
Examples
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My eyes smarting with weariness, I searched the tall bookcases in the flickering light from the fireplace.
Fiction book (1993) -
The food and weariness from the long bus journey had me fast asleep in no time.
Fiction book (1992) -
No end to weariness, physical as well as moral.
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Your eyes are heavy with weariness.
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Did you sense or detect weariness in him?
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A thing of loneliness, weariness, sickness.
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There is no sorrow on her face, only a weariness even dreams despair of and no sleep can satisfy.
Fiction book (1994) -
I experienced only weariness as if I were hoisting a heavy bucket from a well of infinite depth.
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His own face, taut with weariness and pain, was no more comforting.
Fiction book (1993) -
Yet he sagged with weariness; only the painted eye on his eyepatch seemed fresh.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
92
4.2
A feeling of tiredness and low energy after hard work
78
3.6
Extreme physical or mental tiredness after hard work
12
6.3
A feeling of tiredness and low energy
10
1.0
A feeling of not having energy after physical or mental work
6
1.8
A feeling of being very sleepy and wanting to sleep
3
9.3
A feeling of being very tired and having little energy
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4.4
A feeling of being tired after long thinking or stress
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6.0
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
A feeling of being heavy, slow, and very tired
A state of being weak, tired and no longer effective
Antonyms
Compounds
How Tired
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word weariness comes from the old English word wear, the same root you see in worn and wear out, which gives the picture of something slowly becoming thin or used. So weariness is the feeling of being 'worn out' or very tired.