| 单词 | weariness |
| 释义 | weariness (once / 693 pages) n Weariness is a temporary feeling of low energy and tiredness. Most people feel weariness after a long day of work. Marathons, babysitting small children, standardized tests, and getting old can also cause weariness. When you're weary, you're tired. Put a –ness at the end of the word to make a noun, and viola! weariness is the condition of feeling tired or fatigued. In fact, the familiar French loan word fatigue means “weariness.” Physical work (like helping someone move) or mental work (like reading a difficult book) can make you experience weariness. If a busy schedule is making you feel a general sense of weariness, it’s time for a vacation. WORD FAMILYweariness: wearinesses+/overweary: overwearied, overwearying/unwearied: unweariedly/unweary: unwearily, unwearyingly/wearied: unwearied, weariedly/wearisome: wearisomely, wearisomest/weary: overweary, unweary, wearied, wearier, wearies, weariest, wearily, weariness, wearisome, wearying, wearyingly/wearying: unwearying USAGE EXAMPLESR&B weariness and exhaustion gradually coalesces into outright dissent. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) "It's not a question of what happens to the Negro," Baldwin says, a look of inexpressible weariness crossing his face. Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) The young generation of Putin’s critics may wear an overcoat of cynicism, weariness and abstraction, but they possess a diamond-hard belief in change. The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016) n temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep Syn|Hypo|Hyper fatigue, tiredness asthenopia, eyestrain a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem jet lagfatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel exhaustionextreme fatigue grogginessa groggy state resulting from weariness logginess, loginessa dull and listless state resulting from weariness inanitionexhaustion resulting from lack of food frazzlea state of extreme exhaustion brain-fag, mental exhaustionexhaustion that affects mental keenness temporary state a state that continues for a limited time |
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