exhaustion

[ ig-zaws-chuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of exhausting. exhausting.
2. the state of being exhausted.
3. extreme weakness or fatigue.

   Synonyms: weariness, lassitude

4. the total consumption of something:

   the exhaustion of your vacation benefits for the year.

exhaustion

/ ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən /

noun

1. extreme tiredness; fatigue
2. the condition of being used up; consumption

   exhaustion of the earth's resources

3. the act of exhausting or the state of being exhausted

Other Words From

• preex·haustion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of exhaustion¹

First recorded in 1640–50, exhaustion is from the New Latin word exhaustiōn- (stem of exhaustiō ). See exhaust, -ion

Example Sentences

Murcia had run headlong into the pandemic wall, a term popularized by New York Public Radio host Tanzina Vega to capture the particular and sudden feeling of spiritual and emotional exhaustion with life during covid times.

From Washington Post

It would be easy for both the authors and the readers to give up in futile exhaustion.

From Washington Post

Videoconferencing is exhausting because it makes it hard to “read” people, but autistics are all too familiar with that mental exhaustion because we have always struggled with reading neurotypical people.

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Many families face parenting tweens with neurological issues — and the exhaustion that can come with it.

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I am concerned for their wellness and have never seen this level of bone tired exhaustion in the wonderful teachers with whom I work.

From Washington Post

Jenkins promptly resigned and checked into a hospital for “exhaustion.”

From The Daily Beast

And also with a little bit of exhaustion—he really does ask a lot of questions.

From The Daily Beast

Is it exhaustion, something intensely painful in itself to someone who always felt boundless energy?

From The Daily Beast

The unlikely trio became inseparable, and pushed each other to insane levels of exhaustion and physical fitness.

From The Daily Beast

After HUAC and Waterfront, he writes of his exhaustion and doubts.

From The Daily Beast

They have recovered their exhaustion; have cleaned up, and look full of themselves, twice the size in fact.

From Project Gutenberg

The narrative had excited him out of his apathy and physical exhaustion, the confession shaken the rigidity from his mind.

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Aconite … night boat … sea sick … emetics … exhaustion … stimulants … hard drinking … spontaneous combustion … animal charcoal.

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The working man was incited to contemplate the beauty of the night's rest that followed on the exhaustion of the day.

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The sunken eyes, the tangled masses of raven hair, the look of exhaustion and hopeless woe.

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