exhaustion

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
2. (uncountable, usually) Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
3. (dated, uncountable, usually) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
4. (dated, uncountable, usually) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
5. (uncountable, usually) An exhaustive procedure

Synonyms

fatigue

weariness

tiredness

lassitude

depletion

weakness

faintness

consumption

enervation

languor

exhaust oneself

debilitation

prostration

exhaust

impoverishment

inanition

emaciation

lethargy

poverty

waste

frazzle

enfeeblement

wearifulness

trouble

wastage

extenuation

failure

giddiness

gloom

goneness

indolence

languidness

lifelessness

listlessness

lose

loss

loudly

maceration

melancholia

melancholy

ruin

sadness

sale

sluggishness

sorrow

starvation

strongly

subtraction

suffering

toilsome

Translations

épuisement

Erschöpfung

agotamiento

εξάντληση

esaurimento

uitputting

fatigue

sfinimento

Müdigkeit

Ermüdung

abattement

exaustão

abbattimento

fatica

harassement

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion.