'Weariness' definitions:
Definition of 'weariness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep" [syn: fatigue, weariness, tiredness]
Definition of 'Weariness'
From: GCIDE
- Weariness \Wea"ri*ness\, n. The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue. [1913 Webster]
- With weariness and wine oppressed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only upon a weariness to do the same thing so oft over and over. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'weariness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acedia,
- adynamia,
- anemia,
- apathy,
- atony,
- blah feeling,
- bloodlessness,
- boredness,
- boredom,
- brain fag,
- bromidic,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- cowardice,
- debilitation,
- debility,
- dispiritedness,
- drowsiness,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dullness,
- dusty,
- enervation,
- enfeeblement,
- ennui,
- etiolation,
- exhaustion,
- eyestrain,
- faintness,
- fatigue,
- fed-upness,
- feebleness,
- flabbiness,
- flaccidity,
- goneness,
- heart strain,
- heaviness,
- hebetude,
- impotence,
- inanimation,
- indifference,
- insipid,
- jadedness,
- lackadaisicalness,
- languidness,
- languishment,
- languor,
- languorousness,
- lassitude,
- lenitude,
- lentor,
- lethargy,
- life-weariness,
- lifelessness,
- listlessness,
- melancholy,
- mental fatigue,
- mental strain,
- oscitancy,
- overstrain,
- overtiredness,
- passivity,
- phlegm,
- prostration,
- satedness,
- satiation,
- satiety,
- sleepiness,
- sloth,
- slothfulness,
- slowness,
- sluggishness,
- softness,
- somnolence,
- spleen,
- stance fatigue,
- strain,
- strengthlessness,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- supineness,
- taedium vitae,
- tedious,
- tiredness,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpitude,
- torpor,
- uninteresting,
- weakliness,
- weakness,
- weariful,
- wearifulness,
- world-weariness