Word
accable
Phoneticsac·ca·ble
Definition
adj. feeling very tired, weak, or overwhelmed. It is an old word that describes a state of being crushed by a heavy burden.
adj. overcome by a sense of physical or mental exhaustion; crushed or overwhelmed.
Examples
“The weary traveler looked accable after the long journey.”
“After the heavy defeat, the general appeared accable, his shoulders slumped under the weight of his failure.”
“The protagonist's accable state is mirrored in the novel's somber descriptions of the decaying estate, where every shadow seems to press down on the weary inhabitants.”
Examples
simple
“The weary traveler looked accable after the long journey.”
contextual
“After the heavy defeat, the general appeared accable, his shoulders slumped under the weight of his failure.”
complex
“The protagonist's accable state is mirrored in the novel's somber descriptions of the decaying estate, where every shadow seems to press down on the weary inhabitants.”
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