Fatigue
[fə'tiːg] or [fə'tig]
Definition
(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'.
(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'.
(noun.) used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; 'metal fatigue'.
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Definition
(n.) Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.
(n.) The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war.
(n.) The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.
(n.) To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Weariness, lassitude, exhaustion.[2]. Labor, toil, hardship.[3]. (Mil.) Extra duty (distinct from that of arms).
v. a. Tire, weary, exhaust, jade.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Harass, weary, tire, jade
ANT:Inspirit, refresh, animate, enliven
SYN:Weariness, languor, enervation, exhaustion, lassitude
ANT:Freshness, vigor, activity, indefatigability
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Definition
n. weariness from labour of body or of mind: toil: military work distinct from the use of arms.—v.t. to reduce to weariness: to exhaust one's strength: to harass.—pr.p. fatigu′ing; pa.p. fatigued′.—adj. Fat′igate (Shak.) fatigued.—n. Fatigue′-dū′ty the part of a soldier's work distinct from the use of arms—also in fatigue-dress &c.—adv. Fatigu′ingly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To feel fatigued in a dream, foretells ill health or oppression in business. For a young woman to see others fatigued, indicates discouraging progress in health.
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Examples
- Poor Oliver tried to keep up with the coach a little way, but was unable to do it, by reason of his fatigue and sore feet. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I burn with indignation, and I ache with fatigue, was the way Miss Rachel summed it up, when I think of Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Just the reason why we should take something to enable us to bear up against the fatigue,' remonstrated Mr. Bob Sawyer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Absolute exhaustion--possibly mere hunger and fatigue, said I, with my finger on the thready pulse, where the stream of life trickled thin and small. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We were failing under the accumulated fatigue of days and days of ceaseless marching. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was an animating subject, and Mrs. Bennet seemed incapable of fatigue while enumerating the advantages of the match. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- In a short time Oliver was sufficiently recovered to undergo the fatigue of this expedition. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But I hope I am able to do something to relieve him from the fatigues of business, Master Copperfield! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- How the fatigues and annoyances of travel fill one with bitter prejudices sometimes! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The hardiness of their ordinary life prepares them for the fatigues of war, to some of which their necessary occupations bear a great analogy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I had left her this evening, reposing after the fatigues of her preparations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The sleep of this afternoon has quite cured my fatigues of last night. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then you have had fatigues within doors, which are worse. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The fatigues of the day and the loss of sleep the night before drove us to bed early. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You are fatigued. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She was prepared to be wet through, fatigued, and frightened; but the event was still more unfortunate, for they did not go at all. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He has put up for the night, at an Angler's Inn,' was the fatigued and hoarse reply. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You are so ill and fatigued, said I, dear Ponsonby, that I will not let you come to me to-morrow night. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Herbert, coming to my bedside when he came in,--for I went straight to bed, dispirited and fatigued,--made the same report. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He seemed to be dreadfully unwell and fatigued. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He had been fatigued by going about among his old friends and old familiar places. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And she settled herself, resting against my arm--resting gently, not with honest Mistress Fanshawe's fatiguing and selfish weight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I had sufficient leisure for these and many other reflections during my journey to Ingolstadt, which was long and fatiguing. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Dear brother, I am happy to see you eat your breakfast with relish, after the fatiguing night you have passed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To climb a hill must necessarily be fatiguing and annoying exercise for an oyster. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mrs General sent up her compliments in good time next day, and hoped he had rested well after this fatiguing journey. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Even Marie declared that it was absolutely fatiguing to see Cousin Ophelia always so busy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- During his journey back to New York the next morning, Archer relived with a fatiguing vividness his last moments at Skuytercliff. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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