prostrate[adjective]Synonyms:- prone, flat, horizontal
- exhausted, dejected, depressed, desolate, drained, inconsolable, overcome, spent, worn out
[verb]Synonyms:- exhaust, drain, fatigue, sap, tire, wear out, weary
- prostrate oneself: bow down to, abase oneself, fall at (someone's) feet, grovel, kneel, kowtow
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. pros‧trate1 /ˈprɒstreɪt $ ˈprɑː-/
adjective[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of prosternere, from sternere 'to spread out, throw down']
1. lying on your front with your face towards the ground:
They found him lying prostrate on the floor.prostrate body/figure/form2. too shocked, upset, weak etc to be able to do anything
prostrate with Julie was prostrate with grief after her father’s death.—prostration /prɒˈstreɪʃ
ən $ prɑː-/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. pro‧strate2 /prəˈstreɪt $ ˈprɑːstreɪt/
verb1. prostrate yourself to lie on your front with your face towards the ground, especially as an act of religious
worship or as a sign of your willingness to obey someone
2. [transitive usually passive] to make someone too shocked, upset, or weak to be able to do anything
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲