tiredness

«tiredness» in Mova's school dictionary: The feeling of needing rest or sleep; being tired — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (tiredness — no plural)

meaning for a pupil

The feeling of needing rest or sleep; being tired. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons, tiredness comes from not enough sleep, too much screen time before bed, illness or hard exercise; children of 9–10 need about 9 to 12 hours of sleep. Tiredness makes it hard to learn, pay attention and keep calm. In safety, tiredness makes accidents more likely, for example for drivers. Phrases: «feel tiredness», «tiredness and headaches», «overcome by tiredness».

examples

• Tiredness made it hard to concentrate in class. tree →
• After the long walk, tiredness hit me all at once. tree →
• Too little sleep causes tiredness. tree →
• Screens before bed can lead to tiredness the next day. tree →
• Tiredness can make you grumpy. tree →
• Drivers should stop and rest if they feel tiredness. tree →
• A short rest helped with my tiredness. tree →
• Feeling tiredness all the time can be a sign of illness. tree →
• “It is a weariness and a tiredness,” said mac an Da’v. “It is a long yawn without sleepiness. tree →

note

Uncountable: «tiredness», not «a tiredness». Adjective «tired»; the opposite is feeling «rested» or «full of energy». Similar: «fatigue» (more formal).

In the corpora

• A hangover is how the body feels the day after drinking too much alcohol: headache, tiredness, thirst and feeling sick.
• Tiredness and worry are usually not about you.
• A grown-up's tiredness or bad mood is usually not about the child and not a sign they are cross with them.
• Yawning, heavy eyes and clumsiness are signs of tiredness.
• Tiredness and hunger make tempers shorter for children and adults.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tiredness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.