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
Similar word(s): tiredness, weariness
Definition categories: state
2. used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
- metal fatigue
Definition categories: state, failing, weakness
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
- the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue
Definition categories: feeling, boredom, ennui, tedium
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
Definition categories: act, assignment