exhaustion
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Synonyms & Antonyms for exhaustion
Synonyms
burnout, collapse, fatigue, frazzle, lassitude, prostration, tiredness, weariness
Antonyms
refreshment, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, revitalization
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After playing two hours of hockey at the Pilgrim Skating Arena in Hingham on Monday nights, Kevin Schiffman typically comes home, airs out all of his sweaty gear, grabs a water, and then falls into bed out of sheer exhaustion. — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, "#PutYourSticksOut: People are placing hockey sticks outside to remember young Canadians killed in crash," 10 Apr. 2018 The British and French were at the point of exhaustion after four years of constant slaughter, but Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, wanted to turn the German retreat into a rout. — Arthur Herman, WSJ, "The Danger of Rushing Into Peace," 11 Nov. 2018 One had been shot in the head and the other, an elderly woman, apparently died of exhaustion. — Fox News, "Syrian forces press offensive despite IS threats to hostages," 31 July 2018 The type of exhaustion those with chronic illness deal with affects both the body and mind, often leaving us feeling weak and foggy. — Caitlin Flynn, Allure, "7 Things You Shouldn't Say to Someone With a Chronic or Invisible Illness," 16 Oct. 2018 Tired Spongebob Nothing sums up our end-of-year exhaustion better like an out-of-breath Spongebob Squarepants. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "22 Memes That Made 2018 Less Horrible," 17 Dec. 2018 Plus, it can be accompanied by fatigue and exhaustion. — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, "Here Are All The Signs That You Might Have Mono AKA “The Kissing Disease”," 29 Nov. 2018 Take, for example, this shot of a pallid-looking Steven Crain and his father at a funeral home: Netflix The washed-out color amplifies the sense of sadness and exhaustion. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "How Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House uses color to underscore its horror," 26 Oct. 2018 The picture was posted Saturday by mayoral candidate and Black Lives Matter activist Ja’Mal Green, who blamed the officers' seeming exhaustion on mandatory overtime ordered my Emanuel. — Chris Irvine, Fox News, "Chicago police chief blames city violence on lenient judges and prosecutors," 21 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exhaustion.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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