Synonyms for weariness
weari·ness

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1. wearinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   fatigue, defatigation

2. wearinessnoun

   exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness

   Synonyms:
   fatigue, defatigation

3. wearinessnoun

   a lack of interest or excitement

   Synonyms:
   defatigation, fatigue

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1. weariness

   Synonyms:
   ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, work

   Antonyms:
   amusement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, pleasure, recreation, sport

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1. fatigue, weariness, tirednessnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   fatigue duty, tiredness, fatigue

Matched Categories

1. • Temporary State

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1. wearinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   fatigue, tedium, lassitude, exhaustion, prostration, languor, languidness, ENNUI

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1. wearinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   fatigue, lassitude, languor, exhaustion, ennui

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1. List of paraphrases for "weariness":

   fatigue, tiredness, overtiredness

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How to use weariness in a sentence?

1. Anais Nin:

   Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.

2. Cyril Connolly:

   The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, -- luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, -- are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

3. John Ruskin:

   Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.

4. Paul Valéry:

   A work is never completed except by some accident such as weariness, satisfaction, the need to deliver, or death: for, in relation to who or what is making it, it can only be one stage in a series of inner transformations.

5. Arabic Proverb:

   Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.