noun
- Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work.
- usage: "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"
- Used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress.
- usage: "metal fatigue"
- synonyms: fatigue
- Always used with a modifier. ( boredom resulting from overexposure to something)
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: fatigue
- Labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on. )
- usage: "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
- synonyms: fatigue duty, fatigue
- Military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor.
verb
- Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.
- usage: "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
- Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
- usage: "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
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