fatigue

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    • weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep
    tiredness, weariness,
  • (n) used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
    • metal fatigue
  • (n) (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
  • (n) 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
    fatigue duty,

Verbs

Synonyms

tiredness weariness jade tire weary pall fag out tire out wear down wear out wear upon outwear fag wear fatigue duty

Antonyms

refreshen freshen refresh

Words of close approximity

fatigue crack fatigued fatigue duty fatigue fracture fatigue party fatigues