fatigue

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
    

• (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
    

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

• 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 overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep
    

Verb

• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
  • We wore ourselves out on this hike
    

• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
  • I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fatigue duty , weariness , tiredness , tire , pall , weary , jade