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# tiredness

noun (tiredness — no plural)

«tiredness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The feeling of needing rest or sleep; being tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#x1)
- After the long walk, tiredness hit me all at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#x2)
- Too little sleep causes tiredness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#x3)
- Screens before bed can lead to tiredness the next day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#x4)
- Tiredness can make you grumpy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#x5)
- Drivers should stop and rest if they feel tiredness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#x6)
- A short rest helped with my tiredness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#x7)
- Feeling tiredness all the time can be a sign of illness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#x8)
- “It is a weariness and a tiredness,” said mac an Da’v. “It is a long yawn without sleepiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/#x9)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tiredness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiredness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tiredness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tiredness.html) on Mova free.