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prostration

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of prostration

a complete depletion of energy or strength

an outpatient suffering from fever, prostration, and nausea was rushed to the hospital by ambulance

Synonyms of prostration

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

Words Related to prostration

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 prostration

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 prostration

refreshment, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, revitalization

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