Prostration
[prɒ'streɪʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(noun.) the act of assuming a prostrate position.
(noun.) abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body.
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Definition
(n.) The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.
(n.) The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.
(n.) The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits.
(n.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Overthrow, destruction, demolition.[2]. Exhaustion, depression.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Overthrown, demolition, destruction, depression, exhaustion., #N/A,[See_DEPRESSION]
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Examples
- But it will be very dreadful, with this feeling of hunger, faintness, chill, and this sense of desolation--this total prostration of hope. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Miss Wren's troublesome child was in the corner in deep disgrace, and exhibiting great wretchedness in the shivering stage of prostration from drink. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This prostration and sweet unrepining obedience exquisitely touched and flattered George Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- More of that horrible pain in the early morning; followed, this time, by complete prostration, for some hours. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The cousin, who has been casting sofa-pillows on his head, in a prostration of boredom yawns, Vayli, being the used-up for very likely. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- One evening, he was sitting, in utter dejection and prostration, by a few decaying brands, where his coarse supper was baking. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I am threatened if I fail to exert myself in the manner required, with consequences which I cannot so much as think of without perfect prostration. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The divine tribunal had changed its aspect for him; self-prostration was no longer enough, and he must bring restitution in his hand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Margaret fell into a state of prostration, which did not show itself in sobs and tears, or even find the relief of words. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- There was no effective prohibition of superstitious practices, spirit raising, incantations, prostrations, and supplementary worships. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am English born, and love no such Eastern prostrations--Kneel to God, and not to a poor sinner, like me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And presently he demanded Oriental prostrations from his friends. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Bells, incense, prostrations, would play their part in these amazing proceedings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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