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exhaustion
[ ig-zaws-chuhn ]
noun
- the act or process of exhausting. exhausting.
- the state of being exhausted.
- extreme weakness or fatigue.
- the total consumption of something:
the exhaustion of your vacation benefits for the year.
exhaustion
/ ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən /
noun
- extreme tiredness; fatigue
- the condition of being used up; consumption
exhaustion of the earth's resources
- the act of exhausting or the state of being exhausted
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Other Words From
- preex·haustion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of exhaustion1
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Example Sentences
Jenkins promptly resigned and checked into a hospital for “exhaustion.”
And also with a little bit of exhaustion—he really does ask a lot of questions.
Is it exhaustion, something intensely painful in itself to someone who always felt boundless energy?
The unlikely trio became inseparable, and pushed each other to insane levels of exhaustion and physical fitness.
After HUAC and Waterfront, he writes of his exhaustion and doubts.
They have recovered their exhaustion; have cleaned up, and look full of themselves, twice the size in fact.
The narrative had excited him out of his apathy and physical exhaustion, the confession shaken the rigidity from his mind.
Aconite … night boat … sea sick … emetics … exhaustion … stimulants … hard drinking … spontaneous combustion … animal charcoal.
The working man was incited to contemplate the beauty of the night's rest that followed on the exhaustion of the day.
The sunken eyes, the tangled masses of raven hair, the look of exhaustion and hopeless woe.
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