Fatigue meaning

What does “fatigue” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“fatigue” is a noun and verb with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work.

fatigue

noun

  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”

  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”

  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”

    Synonymsfatigue duty

verb

  1. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

    “I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food”

  2. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

    “We wore ourselves out on this hike”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University