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fatigue

noun · verb · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /fəˈtiːɡ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːɡ
  • CMU ARPABET: F AH0 T IY1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Attributive form of fatigues (“military clothing worn when doing menial tasks”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, attributive, countable, form-of, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To cause to undergo the process of fatigue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • The repeated pressurization cycles fatigued the airplane's metal skin until it eventually broke up in flight.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson
  • they were assigned to kitchen fatigues

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fatigue duty

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assignment, duty assignment

11

noun

Meaning 11

(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: boredom, ennui, tedium

12

noun

Meaning 12

temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: weariness, tiredness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: temporary state

Narrower terms: eyestrain, asthenopia, jet lag, exhaustion, grogginess, loginess, logginess

13

noun

Meaning 13

used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • metal fatigue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: failing, weakness

14

verb

Meaning 14

exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We wore ourselves out on this hike

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indispose

Narrower terms: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out, overtire, overweary, overfatigue

15

verb

Meaning 15

lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tire, pall, weary, jade

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate

Narrower terms: poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out, retire, withdraw

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fatīgārelbor. French fatiguerdeverb. French fatiguebor. English fatigue From French fatigue, from fatiguer, from Latin fatīgāre (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”).

Etymology tree Latin fatīgārelbor. French fatiguerbor. English fatigue From French fatiguer, from Latin fatīgāre (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”).

Across languages

Translations

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lodhje — weariness
  • Arabic: إِرْهَاق (ʔirhāq) — weariness
  • Arabic: تَعَب (taʕab) — weariness
  • Armenian: հոգնածություն (hognacutʻyun) — weariness
  • Armenian: ուժասպառություն (užaspaṙutʻyun) — weariness
  • Azerbaijani: yorğunluq — weariness
  • Belarusian: сто́ма (stóma) — weariness
  • Belarusian: сто́мленасць (stómljenascʹ) — weariness
  • Belarusian: змо́ранасць (zmóranascʹ) — weariness
  • Bulgarian: умо́ра (umóra) — weariness
  • Bulgarian: изтоще́ние (iztošténie) — weariness
  • Catalan: fatiga — weariness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疲勞 /疲劳 (píláo) — weariness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 倦怠 (juàndài) — weariness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乏力 (fálì) — weariness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勞累 /劳累 (láolèi) — weariness
  • Czech: únava — weariness
  • Dalmatian: fataica — weariness
  • Danish: træthed — weariness
  • Danish: udmatning — weariness
  • Dutch: vermoeidheid — weariness
  • Esperanto: laceco — weariness
  • Estonian: väsimus — weariness
  • Finnish: väsymys — weariness
  • Finnish: uupumus — weariness
  • Finnish: väsyminen — weariness
  • Finnish: uupuminen — weariness
  • French: fatigue — weariness
  • French: épuisement — weariness
  • Galician: fatiga — weariness
  • Georgian: დაღლილობა (daɣliloba) — weariness
  • German: Müdigkeit — weariness
  • German: Ermüdung — weariness
  • German: Schlappheit — weariness
  • German: Überdruss — weariness
  • German: Erschöpfung — weariness
  • Greek: κόπος (kópos) — weariness
  • Greek: κούραση (koúrasi) — weariness
  • Greek: καταπόνηση (katapónisi) — weariness
  • Hindi: थकान (thakān) — weariness
  • Hindi: शिथिलता (śithiltā) — weariness
  • Hungarian: fáradtság — weariness
  • Hungarian: kimerültség — weariness
  • Icelandic: þreyta — weariness
  • Indonesian: kelelahan — weariness
  • Irish: tuirse — weariness
  • Istriot: fadeîga — weariness
  • Italian: stanchezza — weariness
  • Italian: stanchezza — weariness
  • Italian: affaticamento — weariness
  • Japanese: 疲労 (hirō) — weariness
  • Japanese: 疲れ (tsukare) — weariness
  • Kazakh: шаршау (şarşau) — weariness
  • Kazakh: шаршағандық (şarşağandyq) — weariness
  • Kazakh: болдырғандық (boldyrğandyq) — weariness
  • Korean: 피곤 (pigon) — weariness
  • Korean: 피로 (piro) — weariness
  • Kyrgyz: чарчоо (carcoo) — weariness
  • Kyrgyz: чарчагандык (carcagandık) — weariness
  • Latin: fatīgātiō — weariness
  • Latvian: nogurums — weariness
  • Lithuanian: nuovargis — weariness
  • Macedonian: умор (umor) — weariness
  • Macedonian: замор (zamor) — weariness
  • Malay: keletihan — weariness
  • Māori: kurutai — weariness
  • Māori: mākinokino — weariness
  • Miyako: ブガリ (bugari) — weariness
  • Mongolian: ядаргаа (jadargaa) — weariness
  • Nahuatl: ciammiquiliztli — weariness
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tretthet — weariness
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utmattelse — weariness
  • Persian: خستگی (xastegi) — weariness
  • Polish: zmęczenie — weariness
  • Portuguese: fadiga — weariness
  • Romanian: extenuare — weariness
  • Romanian: oboseală — weariness
  • Russian: уста́лость (ustálostʹ) — weariness
  • Russian: утомле́ние (utomlénije) — weariness
  • Serbo-Croatian: у́мор — weariness
  • Serbo-Croatian: úmor — weariness
  • Slovak: únava — weariness
  • Slovene: utrujenost — weariness
  • Spanish: fatiga — weariness
  • Spanish: fatigación — weariness
  • Swedish: trötthet — weariness
  • Swedish: utmattning — weariness
  • Tagalog: pagod — weariness
  • Tajik: хастагӣ (xastagi) — weariness
  • Tamil: அலுப்பு (aluppu) — weariness
  • Thai: ความล้า (kwaam-láa) — weariness
  • Turkish: yorgunluk — weariness
  • Turkish: bitkinlik — weariness
  • Ottoman Turkish: یورغونلق (yorgunluk) — weariness
  • Ottoman Turkish: كلال (kelal) — weariness
  • Turkmen: ýadawlyk — weariness
  • Ukrainian: уто́ма (utóma) — weariness
  • Ukrainian: уто́мленість (utómlenistʹ) — weariness
  • Ukrainian: сто́мленість (stómlenistʹ) — weariness
  • Ukrainian: змо́реність (zmórenistʹ) — weariness
  • Urdu: تکان (takān) — weariness
  • Uzbek: charchaganlik — weariness
  • Uzbek: horganlik — weariness
  • Venetan: fadiga — weariness
  • Vietnamese: mệt mỏi — weariness
  • Bulgarian: наряд (narjad) — menial task, especially in military
  • Finnish: nakki — menial task, especially in military
  • French: corvée — menial task, especially in military
  • Greek: αγγαρεία (angareía) — menial task, especially in military
  • Irish: gíotáil — menial task, especially in military
  • Italian: corvé — menial task, especially in military
  • Romanian: corvadă — menial task, especially in military
  • Russian: наря́д (narjád) — menial task, especially in military
  • Bulgarian: умора (umora) — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疲勞 /疲劳 (píláo) — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Estonian: väsimus — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Finnish: väsymisvaurio — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Finnish: väsymys — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • German: Ermüdung — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Greek: φθορά (fthorá) — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Italian: usura — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Italian: fatica — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Italian: logorio — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Polish: zmęczenie — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Russian: уста́лость (ustálostʹ) — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Swedish: förslitning — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Swedish: slitage — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Swedish: utnötning — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Swedish: utmattning — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Tagalog: pagal — material failure due to cyclic loading
  • Armenian: հոգնեցնել (hognecʻnel) — to tire or make weary
  • Bengali: জ্বালাতন করা (jalaton kora) — to tire or make weary
  • Bulgarian: изтощавам (iztoštavam) — to tire or make weary
  • Bulgarian: уморявам (umorjavam) — to tire or make weary
  • Bulgarian: тормозя (tormozja) — to tire or make weary
  • Catalan: fatigar — to tire or make weary
  • Dutch: afmatten — to tire or make weary
  • Dutch: vermoeien — to tire or make weary
  • Finnish: rasittaa — to tire or make weary
  • Finnish: uuvuttaa — to tire or make weary
  • Finnish: väsyttää — to tire or make weary
  • French: fatiguer — to tire or make weary
  • German: ermüden — to tire or make weary
  • German: zermürben — to tire or make weary
  • Greek: καταπονώ (kataponó) — to tire or make weary
  • Greek: κουράζω (kourázo) — to tire or make weary
  • Hindi: थकाना (thakānā) — to tire or make weary
  • Irish: tuirsigh — to tire or make weary
  • Italian: indebolire — to tire or make weary
  • Italian: stancare — to tire or make weary
  • Latin: fatīgāre — to tire or make weary
  • Māori: whakahōhā — to tire or make weary
  • Persian: ستوهیدن (setuhidan) — to tire or make weary
  • Portuguese: fatigar — to tire or make weary
  • Portuguese: assediar — to tire or make weary
  • Romanian: extenua — to tire or make weary
  • Russian: утомля́ть (utomljátʹ) — to tire or make weary
  • Russian: изнуря́ть (iznurjátʹ) — to tire or make weary
  • Scottish Gaelic: sàraich — to tire or make weary
  • Spanish: fatigar — to tire or make weary
  • Spanish: acosar — to tire or make weary
  • Tagalog: mapagod — to tire or make weary
  • Walloon: hoder — to tire or make weary
  • Walloon: nåjhi — to tire or make weary
  • Walloon: scrandi — to tire or make weary
  • Finnish: nuuduttaa — cooking: to wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it
  • Arabic: تَعِبَ (taʕiba) — to lose strength or energy
  • Bulgarian: уморявам се (umorjavam se) — to lose strength or energy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疲勞 /疲劳 (píláo) — to lose strength or energy
  • Finnish: väsyä — to lose strength or energy
  • Finnish: uupua — to lose strength or energy
  • Greek: εξαντλούμαι (exantloúmai) — to lose strength or energy
  • Greek: κουράζομαι (kourázomai) — to lose strength or energy
  • Japanese: 疲れる (tsukareru) — to lose strength or energy
  • Portuguese: fatigar — to lose strength or energy
  • Russian: уста́ть (ustátʹ) — to lose strength or energy
  • Russian: устава́ть (ustavátʹ) — to lose strength or energy
  • Tagalog: mapagod — to lose strength or energy
  • Finnish: väsyä — engineering: to undergo the process of fatigue