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exhaustion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of exhaustion

a complete depletion of energy or strength

With all of the work and activity that the holiday season brings, we were on the point of exhaustion.

Synonyms of exhaustion

burnout, collapse, fatigue, frazzle, lassitude, prostration, tiredness, weariness

Words Related to exhaustion

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

languor, lethargy, listlessness

sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity, torpor

apathy, inertia, passiveness, passivity

Near Antonyms of exhaustion

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 exhaustion

refreshment, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, revitalization

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