fatigue
noun
[ fəˈtiːɡ ]
• extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.
• "he was nearly dead with fatigue"
Similar:
tiredness,
weariness,
exhaustion,
overtiredness,
drowsiness,
somnolence,
lethargy,
sluggishness,
lassitude,
debility,
enervation,
listlessness,
prostration,
lack of energy,
lack of vitality,
• weakness in metal or other materials caused by repeated variations of stress.
• "metal fatigue"
• menial non-military tasks performed by a soldier, sometimes as a punishment.
• "we're on cookhouse fatigues, sir"
• loose clothing, typically khaki, olive drab, or camouflaged, of a sort worn by soldiers on active duty.
• "battle fatigues"
Similar:
khakis,
camouflage clothing/gear,
camo clothing/gear,
fatigue
verb
• cause (someone) to feel exhausted.
• "they were fatigued by their journey"
Similar:
tire,
tire out,
exhaust,
wear out,
drain,
make weary,
weary,
wash out,
tax,
overtax,
overtire,
jade,
make sleepy,
prostrate,
enervate,
knock out,
take it out of,
do in,
fag out,
whack,
poop,
shatter,
bush,
frazzle,
wear to a frazzle,
knacker,
shag out,
• weaken (a metal or other material) by repeated variations of stress.
• "the nails have become rusted through or fatigued"
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘task that causes weariness’): from French fatigue (noun), fatiguer (verb), from Latin fatigare ‘tire out’, from ad fatim, affatim ‘to satiety or surfeit’.
