Synonyms for prostration
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Noun
1. Collapse
collapse, debility, exhaustion, lassitude, debilitation, fall, weariness, overthrow
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act or condition of prostrating oneself (lying face-down), as a sign of humility.
Forms
- Plural
- prostrations → collapses, debilities, exhaustions, lassitudes…
Example sentences
- exhaustion She was afraid she might pass out from exhaustion.
- lassitude We can't abandon our principles out of moral lassitude.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prostration | steady | |
| exhaustion | rising | |
| debility | steady | |
| lassitude | steady | |
| debilitation | steady | |
| sujud | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fall1
- 5 letters
- sujud
- 8 letters
- collapse2, debility4
- 9 letters
- overthrow3, weariness3, lassitude
- 10 letters
- depression3, exhaustion3
- 12 letters
- debilitation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (collapse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prostration
- Italiano
- prostrazione
- Deutsch
- Niedergeschlagenheit