weariness
/ˈwɪərɪnɪs
/noun [mass noun]
1Extreme tiredness; fatigue: he began to feel weariness...
- This time, I've not been sleeping from weariness.
- Virtually worn out by the life he has led, there is a weariness in his character's every movement.
- He ran a hand through his unkempt dark hair with undisguised weariness.
Synonyms
tiredness, fatigue, exhaustion, prostration, overtiredness, collapse;
jet lag;
sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence, doziness;
lethargy, lassitude, languor, languidness, debility, enervation, listlessness, sluggishness, lifelessness, torpor, inertia
2Reluctance to see or experience any more of something: growing war-weariness...
- Her lawyer confirmed her client's increasing weariness over the delays.
- Doubtless, the PM's strategy also depends on an increasing weariness over the subject among voters.
- There is also a growing weariness in rural communities over the impacts of the recent war.