Fatigue

Quick meaning: Fatigue is a noun meaning A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

Meaning

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

More Meanings

1. (often in the plural) A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.
2. (US) Attributive form of fatigues (“military clothing worn when doing menial tasks”).
3. (transitive) To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
4. (transitive, cooking) To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.
5. (intransitive) To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.
6. (intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
7. (engineering) Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.

Example Sentences

Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.

For some, the constant deluge that has peaked in the past year is starting to add up to a new (and previously unthinkable) feeling: Taylor Swift fatigue.

Moreover, the habits of business are the most enduring of any; and Lord Norbourne's most positive enjoyment was in what are called the fatigues of office.

Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.

Word Forms

• fatigues
• fatiguing
• fatigued

Synonyms for fatigue

Depending on context, synonyms include tiredness, exhaustedness, exhaustion, frazzle, wornness, weariness.

Antonyms for fatigue

Common opposites include refresh, freshen, refreshen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include weariness, tiredness, weary, tire, outwear, wear.

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