Thesaurus: fatigue

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1. n. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.
2. n. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war.
3. n. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.
4. n. To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.
5. n. temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
6. n. used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
7. n. (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something
8. n. labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
9. v. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
10. v. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
11. 1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. 2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. Dryden. 3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. -- Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers. -- Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow. -- Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty. To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire. Syn. -- To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade.
12. To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harasswith toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.