fatigue
/fəˈtiːɡ/
fatigue noun: a weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion. Also the attributive form of fatigues.
Noun
fatigue (countable and uncountable, plural fatigues)
- A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
- My husband stayed for some days with the magistrate at Cardwell, recruiting his health and recovering from his fatigues, for the passage between Cape York and Cardwell had proved the most tedious and anxious part of the voyage.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 181
- Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian
- A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.
- Moreover, the habits of business are the most enduring of any; and Lord Norbourne's most positive enjoyment was in what are called the fatigues of office.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Opinions”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 112
- Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.
- Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.2013, N. Dowling, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, page 399
- An investigation found that the rail had fragmented as trains passed over it, and that the likely cause was "rolling contact fatigue" defined as multiple surface-breaking cracks. Repeated high loading had caused fatigue cracks to grow, resulting in what is called gauge corner cracking.2026 March 18, Peter Plisner, “Tackling broken rails: the skills and technology improving safety”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 30
Verb
fatigue (third-person singular simple present fatigues, present participle fatiguing, simple past and past participle fatigued)
- To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
- To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.
- The handsome, silver-haired proprietor was absorbed in fatiguing a salad for a family party.1927, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter 1, in Unnatural Death
- To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.
- To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
- To cause to undergo the process of fatigue.
- The repeated pressurization cycles fatigued the airplane's metal skin until it eventually broke up in flight.
Also used as
fatigue is also the attributive form of fatigues.
fatigue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fatigue in Hindi
- weariness
- थकान thakān, शिथिलता śithiltā
- to tire or make weary
- थकाना thakānā
fatigue in Tamil
- weariness
- அலுப்பு aluppu
fatigue in Marathi
- थकवा येणे
fatigue in Urdu
- weariness
- تکان takān
More languagesFewer languages
- fatigue in Bengali
- জ্বালাতন করা jalaton kora
- fatigue in Telugu
- అలసట, అలసటకు గురికావడం
- fatigue in Malayalam
- ക്ഷീണം, തളർച്ച
- fatigue in Kannada
- ಆಯಾಸ
- fatigue in Punjabi
- ਥਕਾਵਟ
- fatigue in Gujarati
- થાક
- fatigue in Odia
- କ୍ଲାନ୍ତି, କ୍ଳାନ୍ତି, ଥକ୍କାପଣ
- fatigue in Nepali
- थकान
- fatigue in Tagalog
- pagod, mapagod, pagal
- fatigue in Arabic
- إِرْهَاق ʔirhāq, تَعَب taʕab, تَعِبَ taʕiba
- fatigue in Malay
- keletihan
- fatigue in Indonesian
- kelelahan
- fatigue in Persian
- خستگی xastegi, ستوهیدن setuhidan
- fatigue in Thai
- ความล้า kwaam-láa
- fatigue in Vietnamese
- mệt mỏi
Examples of fatigue in a sentence
- Skill is the product of hours of practice. His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.
- As the day draws on, the oxen will begin to show fatigue.
- In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.
Synonyms of fatigue
Forms of fatigue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fatigues |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fatigues |
| present participle | fatiguing |
| past participle | fatigued |
| past | fatigued |
Origin of fatigue
From French fatigue, from fatiguer, from Latin fatīgāre (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”).
From French fatiguer, from Latin fatīgāre (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”).
Words formed from fatigue
- alarm fatigue
- alert fatigue
- antifatigue
- battle fatigue
- Black fatigue
- caution fatigue
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- climate fatigue
- combat fatigue
- compassion fatigue
- decision fatigue
- digital fatigue
- diversity fatigue
- donor fatigue
- driver fatigue
- ear fatigue
- fatigue duty
- fatigueless
- fatigue party
- fatigues
- fatiguesome
- flavor fatigue
- flavour fatigue
- franchise fatigue
- information fatigue
- information fatigue syndrome
- listener fatigue
- listening fatigue
- menu fatigue
- negro fatigue
- nigger fatigue
- operational fatigue
- postfatigue
- post-viral fatigue syndrome
- prefatigue
- redemption fatigue
- Zoom fatigue
- overfatigue
- fatiguability
- indefatigability
Phrases with fatigue
Words that rhyme with fatigue
Questions about fatigue
- What does fatigue mean?
- Fatigue means a weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
- What is fatigue in Hindi?
- Fatigue in Hindi is थकान (thakān), शिथिलता (śithiltā), थकाना (thakānā). See Fatigue meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fatigue?
- Fatigue can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fatigue?
- Fatigue is pronounced /fəˈtiːɡ/.
- What is the plural of fatigue?
- The plural of fatigue is fatigues.
Words near fatigue in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fatigue (page history and authors); fatigue (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fatigue (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fatigue (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fatigue (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fatigue (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fatigue (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fatigue (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fatigue (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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