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| collapse |
to become suddenly incapacitated or unconscious because of disease or exhaustion. [1/7 definitions] |
| heat prostration |
see "heat exhaustion." |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. [1/2 definitions] |
| neurasthenia |
a condition of exhaustion, confusion, and depression resulting from profound mental or emotional strain; nervous breakdown. |
| out |
into a state of loss or exhaustion. [1/29 definitions] |
| overdo |
to bring to the point of exhaustion; wear out. [2/4 definitions] |
| phew |
a breathy exhalation used to express exhaustion, relief, disgust, or surprise. |
| plague |
a highly contagious and usually fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis in which victims suffer high fever, chills, and severe exhaustion. [1/6 definitions] |
| prostration |
severe physical or emotional exhaustion. [1/2 definitions] |
| punishing |
causing injury or exhaustion, usually by requiring strenuous physical effort. [1/2 definitions] |
| quaver |
to tremble or shake, as from exhaustion or illness. [1/6 definitions] |
| second wind |
the return of comparative ease in breathing, following a brief period of exhaustion, that often occurs during a physically demanding activity such as running. [1/2 definitions] |
| speechless |
unable to speak because of exhaustion, surprise, astonishment, or great emotion. [1/2 definitions] |
| the last straw |
the final, decisive defeat, failure, indignity, burden, or the like that causes collapse, exhaustion, the losing of one's temper, or the like. |
| the straw that broke the camel's back |
the final, decisive defeat, failure, indignity, burden, or the like that causes collapse, exhaustion, the losing of one's temper, or the like. |
| throb |
to beat, or feel one's blood beating, at an accelerated rate or level, as from emotion, exhaustion, stress, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| tremble |
to shake or quiver involuntarily, as from fear, exhaustion, or cold. [1/4 definitions] |
| wan |
unnaturally pale, as from illness or exhaustion. [1/3 definitions] |
| zonk |
(slang) to become unconscious from drugs, exhaustion, or the like (usu. fol. by "out"). [1/3 definitions] |
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