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exhaustion

/ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/

exhaustion noun: the point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.

exhaustion: a man squatting down on the side of a road
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Noun

exhaustion (usually uncountable, plural exhaustions)

  1. (usually) The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
    • We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.
  2. (usually) Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
    • I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.
    • As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
  3. (dated, usually) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
  4. (dated, usually) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
  5. (usually) An exhaustive procedure

exhaustion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

exhaustion in Hindi

point of complete depletion
थकान thakān
supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy
थकान thakān

exhaustion in Tamil

வெளிப்படுத்துகை, முழுச்சோர்வு, உடல் ஆற்றலிழப்பு, உடல் உணர்விழப்பு

exhaustion in Urdu

خستگی

exhaustion in Bengali

চরম ক্লান্তি, নিঃশেষিত অবস্থা
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exhaustion in Malayalam
ഉപയോഗിച്ചുതീർക്കൽ, ക്ഷയം, ശോഷണം, തളർച്ച
exhaustion in Kannada
ಗ್ಲಾನಿ glāni, ಹೈರಾಣ hairāṇa
exhaustion in Sanskrit
ग्लानि glāní, खेद kheda
exhaustion in Tagalog
sobrang pagod

Examples of exhaustion in a sentence

  • The team stumbled off the field in a stupor of exhaustion.
  • After five hours' walking in the heat, I was close to exhaustion.
  • His tirelessness in helping the poor won him an award and a nervous breakdown from exhaustion.

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Synonyms of exhaustion

All synonyms of exhaustion

Forms of exhaustion

pluralexhaustions

Origin of exhaustion

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion.

Words formed from exhaustion

Phrases with exhaustion

Questions about exhaustion

What does exhaustion mean?
Exhaustion means the point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
What is exhaustion in Hindi?
Exhaustion in Hindi is थकान (thakān). See Exhaustion meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is exhaustion?
Exhaustion is a noun.
How do you pronounce exhaustion?
Exhaustion is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/.
What is the plural of exhaustion?
The plural of exhaustion is exhaustions.

Words near exhaustion in the dictionary

  1. exhaustify
  2. exhaustifying
  3. exhausting
  4. exhaustingly
  5. exhaustingness
  6. exhaustion
  7. exhaustions
  8. exhaustipated
  9. exhaustive
  10. exhaustively
  11. exhaustiveness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: exhaustion (page history and authors); exhaustion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhaustion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhaustion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhaustion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಗ್ಲಾನಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); खेद (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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