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burnout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of burnout

a complete depletion of energy or strength

  • people in that job often suffer burnout and have to retire at a relatively early age
Synonyms of burnout

collapse, exhaustion, fatigue, frazzle, lassitude, prostration, tiredness, weariness
Words Related to burnout

debilitation, debility, disablement, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, infirmity, weakness

overfatigue

languor, lethargy, listlessness

sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity, torpor

apathy, inertia, passiveness, passivity
Near Antonyms of burnout

bounce, dash, drive, energy, ginger, go, liveliness, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, zing, zip

might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, strength

briskness, jauntiness, spiritedness, sprightliness, vivaciousness, vivacity
Antonyms of burnout

refreshment, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, revitalization

burn out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of burn out

to use up all the physical energy of

  • working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out
Synonyms of burn out

break, bust, do in, do up, drain, exhaust, fag, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out, weary
Words Related to burn out

debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken
Phrases Synonymous with burn out

wear to a frazzle
Near Antonyms of burn out

activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalize

relax, rest, unwind

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