| fatigue | | |
| n. (state) | 1. fatigue, tiredness, weariness | 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" |
| ~ temporary state | a state that continues for a limited time. |
| ~ asthenopia, eyestrain | a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem. |
| ~ jet lag | fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel. |
| ~ exhaustion | extreme fatigue. |
| ~ grogginess | a groggy state resulting from weariness. |
| ~ logginess, loginess | a dull and listless state resulting from weariness. |
| n. (state) | 2. fatigue | used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress.; "metal fatigue" |
| ~ failing, weakness | a flaw or weak point.; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings" |
| n. (feeling) | 3. 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" |
| ~ boredom, ennui, tedium | the feeling of being bored by something tedious. |
| n. (act) | 4. fatigue, fatigue duty | 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" |
| ~ assignment, duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).; "hazardous duty" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| v. (body) | 5. fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" |
| ~ degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | grow worse.; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
| ~ poop out, conk out, peter out, run down, run out | use up all one's strength and energy and stop working.; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" |
| ~ retire, withdraw | lose interest.; "he retired from life when his wife died" |
| v. (body) | 6. fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" |
| ~ indispose | cause to feel unwell.; "She was indisposed" |
| ~ exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat | wear out completely.; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" |
| ~ overfatigue, overtire, overweary | tire excessively. |
| ~ fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" |
| weariness | | |
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