jet lag
noun [U]Definition
› the feeling of tiredness and confusion that people experience after making a long journey in an aircraft to a place where the time is different from the place they left: Every time I fly to the States, I get really bad jet lag.Tired and making tiredTravelling jet-lagged /ˈdʒet.læɡd/ adjective Tired and making tiredTravelling
(Definition of jet lag noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at your worst idiom
- be all in idiom
- be dead on your feet idiom
- be fit/ready to drop idiom
- bleary adjective
- comatose adjective
- fatigued adjective
- finish sb off phrasal verb
- fit to drop idiom
- haggard adjective
- half dead adjective
- poop verb (TIRED)
- prostrate adjective (VERY TIRED)
- punch-drunk adjective (TIRED)
- run yourself into the ground idiom
- shagged adjective
- shattered adjective (TIRED)
- sleepy adjective (PERSON)
- stonkered adjective
- whacked adjective
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Tired and making tired
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