Vocabulary
Exhaustion
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a state of extreme physical or mental tiredness.
Urdu meaning
تھکن، کمزوری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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But one thing that brings them together is the feeling that they have reached a point of digital exhaustion, scrolling through mindless content.
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Notice, consent, harm
— 2026-04-17
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Eight weeks of functioning traffic lights, of roads that didn`t feel like an act of aggression, of arriving somewhere without the particular exhaustion that comes from simply moving through a city.
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Coming home
— 2026-03-29
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It comes out sideways like road rage, or in the sharpness we sometimes show each other, in the exhaustion that isn`t really about traffic.I`ve been thinking of building something.
Dawn Editorials —
Coming home
— 2026-03-29
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THERE is a particular exhaustion that comes with defending Maryam Nawaz.
Dawn Editorials —
Flying high
— 2026-03-01
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He may take on excessive overtime or another driving job, increasing the risk of exhaustion-related accidents.Such is the tragedy of the poor and near-poor in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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Impoverishing expenditures
— 2026-01-23
Synonyms
extreme tiredness, overtiredness, fatigue, weariness, lack of energy, enervation,
Curator example
“he was pale with exhaustion”
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