tiredness
- noun
- /ˈtaɪərdnəs/
- After a long day at work, I often come home feeling a sense of tiredness that makes it hard to focus on chores.
- feelings of tiredness
- excessive tiredness
- tiredness or fatigue
So what's the biology of tiredness, infection?
- So what's the biology of tiredness, infection?
- So fever, cough and tiredness being the main symptoms.
- What is causing this tiredness in my life?
- And all this screen time can cause eye dryness and tiredness.
- I don't know why I just got hit with this like wave of tiredness.
- The only way I felt almost OK was to lie down in bed and the tiredness that went with it was so extreme.
- But the tiredness of long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome is not your everyday tiredness.
- And they then say, OK, I've cut out bread, therefore I'm not getting sugar spikes and tiredness.
- The first theory was that it was just tiredness, that yawning is simply a sign of you being tired.
- And there is no nap or good night's sleep in the world that will lift that chronic tiredness you have when you're in a narcissistic relationship.
- So tiredness, hunger, stress and illness are four of the main ones.
- I came out of my tiredness, realized it, and stopped.
- Anyway, in the end, through tiredness, I control cried Fraser.
- This seat is very neat, so don't take my tiredness for lack of this yet.
Examples
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What is causing this tiredness in my life?
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You must certainly suffer from moments of extreme tiredness.
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"As done as I can be," she said, the tiredness back in her voice.
Fiction book (1991) -
So you need to wake yourself up early, suffer through a day of tiredness and go to bed earlier that night.
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The only way I felt almost OK was to lie down in bed and the tiredness that went with it was so extreme.
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Around half of patients who present with tiredness think that their problem is psychological.
Academic text (2012) -
My arms and legs were burning with tiredness.
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That's the level of tiredness I have today.
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Fever, aches, chills, and tiredness.
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Discouraged, she sat in the whirlpool, letting the tiredness seep out of her bones.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
A feeling of tiredness and low energy after hard work
Extreme physical or mental tiredness after hard work
A strong feeling of being very tired in body or mind
A feeling of tiredness and low energy
A feeling of being very tired and having little energy
A feeling of great weakness and tiredness
Being very tired so you cannot sleep and feel restless or easily annoyed
Antonyms
How Tired
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tiredness comes from the verb tire, which long ago came from the old French word tirer meaning 'to pull' or 'to drag'. So you can remember tiredness as the feeling of being 'pulled down' after work or effort, and that is why it means a lack of energy.