fatigue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈtiːɡ/
rhymes: -iːɡ
Forms: form: fatigues
Etymology: From French fatigue, from fatiguer, from Latin fatīgāre (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”).
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 181:
text: 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.
ref: 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
text: For some, the constant deluge that has peaked in the past year is starting to add up to a new (and previously unthinkable) feeling: Taylor Swift fatigue.
ref: 2024 April 22, Matt Stevens, Shivani Gonzalez, “Taylor Swift Has Given Fans a Lot. Is It Finally Too Much?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: We found that a comprehensive fatigue management program can reduce fatigue-related crash risk and improve safety by, for example, educating drivers; had Triton had such a program, the driver may not have been operating the truck while fatigued.
ref: 2024, NTSB, NTSB Finds Multiple Safety Lapses in 2022 Fatal Collision Between Truck and Party Bus:
glosses: A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Opinions”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 112:
glosses: A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.
examples: text: Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.
ref: 2013, N. Dowling, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, page 399:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.
examples: text: He was slouched in the chair behind the duty officer’s desk, cigarette dangling from his lips, hands thrust deep into his fatigue pockets, making a display of his disrespect. The acting clerk, cowering behind his own desk, was either afraid to insist he assume a more military posture, or else didn’t care.
ref: 1975, John Crowther, Firebase, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, page 107:
text: He reluctantly took the map from his camouflage fatigue pocket.
ref: 1998, William T. Craig, Team Sergeant: A Special Forces NCO at Lang Vei and Beyond, New York, N.Y.: Ivy Books, →ISBN, page 27:
text: Chino took a laminated map out of one of his fatigue pockets and gave it to Harper.
ref: 2013, Gavin G. Smith, Crysis: Escalation, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 186:
text: Spencer came with all the soft-skill attributes of a desk officer. Double chin, bulging belly testing the tensile strength of the lower two buttons of his fatigue top, and wired-rimmed glasses that sat atop a pointed nose with mismatched nostrils.
ref: 2014, Dalton Fury, Full Assault Mode, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: Attributive form of fatigues (“military clothing worn when doing menial tasks”).
Synonyms: word: fatigue
word: tiredness
word: exhaustedness
word: exhaustion
word: frazzle
word: wornness
word: weariness
Derived terms: word: alarm fatigue
word: alert fatigue
word: antifatigue
word: battle fatigue
word: Black fatigue
word: caution fatigue
word: chronic fatigue syndrome
word: combat fatigue
word: compassion fatigue
word: decision fatigue
word: diversity fatigue
word: donor fatigue
word: driver fatigue
word: ear fatigue
word: fatigue duty
word: fatigueless
word: fatigue party
english: military work clothing
translation: military work clothing
word: fatigues
word: fatiguesome
word: flavor fatigue
word: flavour fatigue
word: information fatigue
word: information fatigue syndrome
word: listener fatigue
word: listening fatigue
word: menu fatigue
word: negro fatigue
word: operational fatigue
word: overfatigue
word: postfatigue
word: post-viral fatigue syndrome
word: prefatigue
word: redemption fatigue
word: Zoom fatigue
Related terms: word: drowsiness
word: lassitude
word: sweat
word: dyspnea
word: yawning
word: faintness
word: fainting
word: syncope
word: fatigued
word: sleepy
word: tire