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Meanings of weariness in English

Portuguese
fatiga
Catalan
cansament
Spanish
cansancio
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Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work.

fatiga
Usage of weariness in English
1
War weariness has become especially acute among many in Obama's Democratic Party.
Reuters
2
Her weariness sounded in her voice; it quivered in spite of her.
The Bars of Iron
3
Opinion polls reflect deep-seated war-weariness in the UK, the US, and elsewhere.
The Guardian
4
The weariness of the ages was in every line of his body.
Old Rose and Silver
5
All the weariness of the past four days had returned to him.
A Game of Thrones
6
The weariness of the last months escaped her in this heartfelt outburst.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
7
There was now no madness in his eyes; only a great weariness.
The Moon Pool
8
Yet it was such a weariness as he scarcely thought could exist.
Earth Abides
9
There's a certain world-weariness about them, or perhaps I should say Universe-weariness.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
10
She began to feel the weariness in her bones and groaned softly.
Mother
11
And to hear the word weariness pronounced in this connection surprises me.
Within the Tides: Tales
12
A few words about the heat, the weariness that affects us all.'
Kennedy's brain
13
The Finale lingered in a certain rhythmic monotony full of plaintive weariness.
The Child of Pleasure
14
Actually it is weariness to the flesh and heaviness to the spirit.
The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII
15
Maybe this is why Hatter's voice registers a particular weariness for OJ.
The Guardian
16
Despair and weariness showed in every line of the slight, drooping figure.
The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
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Translations for weariness
Spanish
cansancio
Weariness through the time
Weariness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common