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1. fatigue - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): weariness, tiredness

Hypernym(s): temporary_state




2. fatigue - noun

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

Hypernym(s): failing, weakness




3. fatigue - noun

· (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"

Hypernym(s): boredom, ennui, tedium




4. fatigue - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): fatigue_duty

Hypernym(s): assignment, duty_assignment




5. fatigue - verb

· lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"

Synonym(s): tire, pall, weary, jade

Hypernym(s): devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate




6. fatigue - verb

· exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

Synonym(s): tire, wear_upon, tire_out, wear, weary, jade, wear_out, outwear, wear_down, fag_out, fag

Hypernym(s): indispose





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