Antonyms for exhaustion


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ig-zaws-chuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɔs tʃən


Definition of exhaustion

Origin :
  • "fatigue," 1640s, noun of action from exhaust in sense of "drawing off" of strength.
  • noun tiredness
Example sentences :
  • From the exhaustion that followed excess of feeling, she slept.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Truly then his plea of exhaustion would not be without excuse!
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • When at length he won to peace, after ten years, it was the peace of exhaustion.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • No languor, no dull headache, no exhaustion, follows your experience.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Her look of weakness and exhaustion did indeed strike him painfully.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • To write them had brought relief, but also exhaustion of mind and body.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • (p. 254) He died of exhaustion, that is, of devotion to the country.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • Breathless from her ordeal, she sank to the grass, her breasts heaving with exhaustion.
  • Extract from : « Grove of the Unborn » by Lyn Venable
  • From the eighth month she fell into a fever, into exhaustion and languor.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • He sighed at its end, as if from exhaustion; then he crossed his legs again.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for exhaustion

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