fatigue
fatigue is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.
- noun. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war.
- noun. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.
- noun. To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.
- noun. labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
"the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"
"they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
- noun. (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"
- noun. 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"
- noun. used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
"metal fatigue"
- verb. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
"We wore ourselves out on this hike"
- verb. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
Synonyms
tiredness, weariness, fag, jade, outwear, tire, wear, weary, pall
Common word forms
fatigued, fatigues, fatiguing, fatigueless
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for FATIGUE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.