Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

fatigue Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
fatigue
verb(fa-tigue)
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Synonyms: fag, fag out, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary,
fatigue
verb(fa-tigue)
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
Synonyms: jade, pall, tire, weary,
fatigue
noun(fa-tigue)
labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
Synonyms: fatigue duty,
Examples:
The soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson.
They were assigned to kitchen fatigues.
fatigue
noun(fa-tigue)
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
Synonyms: tiredness, weariness,
Examples:
He was hospitalized for extreme fatigue.
Growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills.
fatigue
noun(fa-tigue)
(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something
Examples:
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.
fatigue
noun(fa-tigue)
used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
Examples:
Metal fatigue.

Words Related to fatigue!

tiredness, weariness, anemia, weary, anaemia, wear, tire, pall, outwear, jade, fatigue duty, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, exhaustion, burnout, stress, endurance, tired, weakness, malaise, discouragement, strain, sick, attrition, depletion, aging, trouble, bother, illumination, demobilization, imaging, embarrass, fag, usury, fag out, rpe, sleepiness, lethargy, sleeplessness, dizziness, jet lag, drowsiness, discomfort, stiffness, soreness, nausea, insomnia, numbness, boredom, irritability, backache, sickness, exertion, breathlessness, fatigability, pain, restlessness, defatigation, defatigable, overfatigue, jetlag, temporary state, defatigate, forweary, cramps, disorientation, tireling, aeroneurosis, goneness, fantod, dehydration, lightheadedness, oscitancy, acrophobia, abirritate, abirritation, listlessness, shortness of breath, infatigable, rustiness, vertigo, abirritative, seasickness, ache, health problem, grogginess, forgetfulness, tenseness, heat exhaustion, sweatiness, aches, symptoms, wooziness, inexperience, heat prostration, unsweat, acopic, lassitude,

fatigue Examples by Brain Bank Users