weariness
noun
the state or condition of being physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; tiredness; fatigue.
self-weariness
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a word derived from
weariness.
Example Sentences
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God knows a more consummate ass in sundry important points has seldom browsed the green herb of His bounties than I. O Lord, Nell, I'm in danger sometimes of falling into self-weariness.
From Charlotte Bront? A Monograph by T. Wemyss Reid
The teaching of this life is so selfish; it is all self-contemplation, miserable self-weariness, gloomy reveries bounded by the narrowest horizons.
From Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College by Arthur Christopher Benson
