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exhaustion

/ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/noun3 syllables

Exhaustion means: serious weakening and loss of energy.

Synonyms for exhaustion9

noun, as in serious weakening and loss of energy

debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement

also used for exhaustion

fatigue, tiredness, exhaustedness, frazzle, wornness, weariness

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What does exhaustion mean?3

noun

1

serious weakening and loss of energy

2

extreme fatigue

3

the act of exhausting something entirely

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Exhaustion in a sentence

  • For the seventy-fourth time, he fell, dead of exhaustion.Gulliver
  • A sailor saw his fellow sailor sink from exhaustion.unknown
  • It's not a question of tax allowance but of moral exhaustion.U2FS
  • A sailor saw his friend drown from exhaustion.AlanF_US
  • Ziri's exhaustion caught up with him and he just drifted off.Amastan
  • She was afraid she might pass out from exhaustion.Nuel
  • Matthew felt he was about to pass out from mental exhaustion.Amastan
  • Alberto's exhaustion overcame his fear and he fell asleep.Amastan

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Forms of exhaustion

as a noun

plural
exhaustions