tiredness

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tired

(tīrd)

adj.

a. Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.

b. Impatient; bored: tired of the same old sandwiches.

2. Overused; hackneyed: a tired joke.

tired′ly adv.

tired′ness n.

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Noun

tiredness - 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"

fatigue, weariness

temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time

asthenopia, eyestrain - a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem

jet lag - fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel

exhaustion - extreme fatigue

grogginess - a groggy state resulting from weariness

logginess, loginess - a dull and listless state resulting from weariness

tiredness

noun

The condition of being extremely tired:

exhaustion, fatigue, weariness.

Translations

تَعَب

únava

træthed

Müdigkeit

κούραση

fatigue

òreyta

stanchezza sfinitezza

yorgunluk

厌烦疲劳

tiredness

[ˈtaɪədnɪs] N → cansancio m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tiredness

[ˈtaɪə^rdnɪs] n → fatigue ftired out adj → épuisé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tiredness

n → Müdigkeit f; tiredness had got the better of him → (die) Müdigkeit hatte ihn übermannt; the accident was a result of (his) tiredness → (seine) Übermüdung war die Unfallursache

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tiredness

[ˈtaɪədnɪs] n → stanchezza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tire²

(ˈtaiə) verb

to make, or become, physically or mentally in want of rest, because of lack of strength, patience, interest etc; to weary. Walking tired her; She tires easily.

tired adjective

1. wearied; exhausted. She was too tired to continue; a tired child.

2. (with of) no longer interested in; bored with. I'm tired of (answering) stupid questions!

ˈtiredness noun

ˈtireless adjective

never becoming weary or exhausted; never resting. a tireless worker; tireless energy/enthusiasm.

ˈtirelessly adverb

ˈtirelessness noun

ˈtiresome adjective

troublesome; annoying.

ˈtiresomely adverb

ˈtiresomeness noun

ˈtiring adjective

causing (physical) tiredness. I've had a tiring day; The journey was very tiring.

tire out

to tire or exhaust completely. The hard work tired her out.

tiredness

n. cansancio, fatiga.

tiredness

n cansancio

References in classic literature ?

And she was so un-hysterical and natural and childish that she brought him to his senses and he began to laugh at himself and a few minutes afterward she was sitting on her stool again telling him not what she imagined the secret garden to be like but what it really was, and Colin's aches and tiredness were forgotten and he was listening enraptured.

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Whereat he would laugh, and his arms would leap out to me, and he would call me his sweet metaphysician; and the tiredness would pass out of his eyes, and into them would flood the happy love-light that was in itself a new and sufficient advertisement of his immortality.

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After stretching some of the tiredness out of his throbbing muscles, he relaxed and lay quietly, trying to recall exactly what he had said.

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And there was more that passed through her mind--sensations of tiredness and loneliness; trampling squadrons and shadowy armies of vague feelings and vaguer prompting; and deeper and dimmer whisperings and echoings, the flutterings of forgotten generations crystallized into being and fluttering anew and always, undreamed and unguessed, subtle and potent, the spirit and essence of life that under a thousand deceits and masks forever makes for life.

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It was something more than mere ordinary tiredness. He pulled the boat against a part of the bank from which it was quite impossible for us to get into it, and immediately went to sleep.

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We saw his grizzled mustache, the bald spot on his head, the puff-sacks under his eyes, the sagging cheeks, the heavy dewlap, the general tiredness and staleness and fatness, all the collapse and ruin of a man who had once been strong but who had lived too easily and too well.

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Tiredness affects quality of life | Plan - if you are someone whose mind races when trying to get to sleep, make a list of what's worrying you before you go to bed and put it to one side.

FROM THE GP'S SURGERY by DR ALEXANDRA PHELAN

You will aggravate it and the tiredness will come in.

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That was his third game in a week so maybe tiredness played a part.

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"The symptoms are tiredness, drinking a lot of water, losing weight, but it's difficult to isolate things.

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Speaking yesterday, the presenter said: "Tiredness prevented me from doing anything initially, I just had chronic tiredness.

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Most pilots revealed that they have made mistakes because of tiredness, but the fear of being disciplined stop many of them from telling their bosses when they are unfit to fly.

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