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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tire or wear out |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, burn out, conk out, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out, poop, poop out, prostrate, run ragged, sap*, suck dry, tucker, use up, weaken, wear down, weary |
| Antonyms: | animate, invigorate, refresh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | languish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop; become dull, listless |
| Synonyms: | be disregarded, be neglected, brood, conk out, decline, desire, despond, deteriorate, die on vine, dwindle, ebb, fade, fag, fag out, fail, faint, fizzle out, flag, go soft, go to pieces, grieve, hanker, hunger, knock out, long, pine, repine, rot, sicken, sigh, snivel, sorrow, suffer, tucker, waste, waste away, weaken, wilt, wither, yearn |
| Antonyms: | flourish, grow, improve, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | tire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust, weary |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bore, burn out, bush, collapse, crawl, debilitate, deject, depress, disgust, dishearten, dispirit, displease, distress, drain, droop, drop, enervate, ennui, exasperate, fag, fail, faint, fatigue, flag, fold, give out, go stale, grow weary, harass, irk, irritate, jade, nauseate, overburden, overstrain, overtax, overwork, pain, pall, peter out, poop out, prostrate, put to sleep, sap, sicken, sink, strain, tax, vex, weaken, wear, wear down, wear out, wilt, worry, yawn |
| Antonyms: | activate, energize, fire up, invigorate, refresh |
| Main Entry: | weary |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make tired |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bore, burden, cause ennui, cloy, debilitate, depress, disgust, dishearten, distress, drain, droop, drowse, enervate, enfeeble, exasperate, exhaust, fade, fag, fail, fall off, fatigue, flag, glut, grow tired, harass, have had enough, irk, jade, leave one cold, lose interest, make discontented, nauseate, oppress, overwork, pain, plague, sap, sicken, sink, strain, take it out of, tax, tire, tire out, try the patience of, tucker out, vex, weaken, wear down, wear out, weigh |
| Notes: | to be wary is to be cautious or watchful; weary means fatigued or tired |
| Antonyms: | activate, energize, enliven |
| Main Entry: | jade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fatigue |
| Synonyms: | bedraggle, burn out, bush, conk out, debilitate, deplete, disable, drain, droop, drop*, enervate, exhaust, fag, fizzle, flag, knock out, languish, overtire, peter out, poop out, poop*, prostrate, sag, sink, succumb, take*, tire, tucker, weaken, wear, wear down, wear out, weary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | labor |
| Synonyms: | back, bear down, cultivate, drive, drudge, endeavor, exert oneself, fag, grind*, plod, plug away, pour it on, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, tend, toil, travail, tug, work, work oneself to the bone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, burn out, conk out, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out, poop out, prostrate, run ragged, sap*, suck dry, take it out of, tire out, tucker, use up, weaken, wear down, wear out, weary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tire out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, burn out, conk out, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out, poop out, poop*, prostrate, run ragged, sap*, suck dry, take it out of, tucker, use up, weaken, wear down, wear out, weary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Fatigue. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
| Synonyms: |
-verbs
be fatigued; yawn (get sleepy); droop, sink, flag; lose breath, lose wind; gasp, pant, puff, blow, drop, swoon, faint, succumb., fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear out, prostrate., tax, task, strain; overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax, overstrain.
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| Antonyms: | refreshment |
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