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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";
   - weariness, tiredness
    
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"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"
    
4. (military) labour of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning, digging, draining or so on)
   "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"; "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson";
   - fatigue duty

1. Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
   "I'm so fatigued of your mother and her complaints about my food";
   - tire, pall, weary, jade
    
2. Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
   - tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out [Brit, informal], fag [informal], knacker [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: fatiguing, fatigues, fatigued

Type of: assignment, boredom, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, disadvantage, drop, duty assignment, ennui, failing, indispose, minus, tedium, temporary state, weakness

Encyclopedia: Fatigue