fatigue

Plural: fatigues

Noun

• temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
  • "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"
  • "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"
• used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
  • "metal fatigue"
• (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something
  • "he was suffering from museum fatigue"
  • "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"
  • "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"
  • "political fatigue"
• labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
  • "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"
  • "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
• A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
• A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.
• Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.
• Attributive form of fatigues (“military clothing worn when doing menial tasks”).

Verb

Verb Forms: fatigued, fatiguing, fatigues

• To cause to be tired or exhausted.
• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
• To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
• To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.
• To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.
• To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
• To cause to undergo the process of fatigue.

Examples

• The long, drawn-out Scrabble game began to FATIGUE both players’ minds.
• The repeated pressurization cycles fatigued the airplane's metal skin until it eventually broke up in flight.

Synonyms

fag, fag out, fatigue duty, jade, outwear, pall, tire, tire out, tiredness, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weariness, weary, exhaustedness, exhaustion, fatigue, frazzle, wornness

Antonyms

refresh

Related Words

drowsiness, dyspnea, fainting, faintness, fatigable, fatigued, indefatigable, lassitude, sleepy, sweat, syncope, tire, yawning