fatigue

1 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" [syn: weariness, tiredness]

2 used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; "metal fatigue"

3 (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"

4 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" [syn: fatigue duty]

1 get tired of something or somebody [syn: tire, pall, weary, jade]

2 exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag] [ant: refresh]

English

Pronunciation

Noun

1. weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion
2. military menial labour
3. material failure due to cyclic loading;

Translations

Verb

1. to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
2. to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted

Translations

• Finnish: väsyttää (1), uuvuttaa (1), väsyä (2), uupua (2)
• French: fatiguer
• Croatian: slabost (1), nesvjestica (2)

French

Pronunciation

Noun

fr-noun f

1. fatigue, weariness

Related terms

• fatigué

Fatigue may refer to:

• Fatigue (medical) - tiredness in humans
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome - an illness of the central nervous system
• Fatigue (material) - failure by repeated stress in materials
• Battledress - military uniform, also known as fatigues (BDU or ACU)
• Battle fatigue - see combat stress reaction and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Voter fatigue - public apathy about elections

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