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nounThe state of being tired.
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nountemporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
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temporary state
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Origin
- Middle Englishtiredness
- Englishtiredness
From Middle English tiredness, terednesse, equivalent to tired + -ness.
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Arabic إِرْهَاق, تَعَب
- إِرْهَاق (ʔirhāq)state of being tired
- تَعَب (taʕab)state of being tired
Bulgarian умо́ра
- умо́ра (umóra)state of being tired
Catalan fatiga, cansament
- fatigastate of being tired
- cansamentstate of being tired
Chinese Mandarin 疲勞 /疲劳
- 疲勞 /疲劳 (píláo)state of being tired
Czech únava
- únavastate of being tired
Danish træthed
- træthedstate of being tired
Dutch vermoeidheid
- vermoeidheidstate of being tired
Estonian väsimus
- väsimusstate of being tired
Finnish väsymys
- väsymysstate of being tired
French fatigue
- fatiguestate of being tired
German Müdigkeit, Ermüdung
- Müdigkeitstate of being tired
- Ermüdungstate of being tired
Greek κούραση
- κούραση (koúrasi)state of being tired
Hebrew עייפות
- עייפות (ayefút)state of being tired
Hindi थकान, थकावट
- थकान (thakān)state of being tired
- थकावट (thakāvaṭ)state of being tired
Hungarian fáradtság
- fáradtságstate of being tired
Icelandic þreyta
- þreytastate of being tired
Irish tuirse
- tuirsestate of being tired
Italian sfinitezza, stanchezza
- sfinitezzastate of being tired
- stanchezzastate of being tired
Japanese 疲れ, 疲労
- 疲れ (tsukare)state of being tired
- 疲労 (hirō)state of being tired
Korean 피로, 피곤
- 피로 (piro)state of being tired
- 피곤 (pigon)state of being tired
Latin lassitūdō
- lassitūdōstate of being tired
Latvian nogurums
- nogurumsstate of being tired
Lithuanian nuovargis
- nuovargisstate of being tired
Norwegian Bokmål tretthet
- tretthetstate of being tired
Persian خستگی
- خستگی (xastegi)state of being tired
Polish zmęczenie
- zmęczeniestate of being tired
Portuguese cansaço, fadiga
- cansaçostate of being tired
- fadigastate of being tired
Romanian oboseală
- obosealăstate of being tired
Russian уста́лость, утомле́ние
- уста́лость (ustálostʹ)state of being tired
- утомле́ние (utomlénije)state of being tired
Slovak únava
- únavastate of being tired
Spanish fatiga, cansancio
- fatigastate of being tired
- cansanciostate of being tired
Swedish trötthet
- trötthetstate of being tired
Tagalog pagod
- pagodstate of being tired
Thai ความล้า
- ความล้า (kwaam-láa)state of being tired
Turkish yorgunluk
- yorgunlukstate of being tired
Ukrainian уто́ма, вто́ма
- уто́ма (utóma)state of being tired
- вто́ма (vtóma)state of being tired
- уто́мленість (utómlenistʹ)state of being tired
- вто́мленість (vtómlenistʹ)state of being tired
- сто́мленість (stómlenistʹ)state of being tired
- змо́реність (zmórenistʹ)state of being tired
Urdu تکان
- تکان (takān)state of being tired
Vietnamese mệt mỏi
- mệt mỏistate of being tired
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APA
tiredness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiredness
MLA
“tiredness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiredness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiredness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiredness.
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