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Mental weariness
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fatigue
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fatigue (also called exhaustion , tiredness , languidness , languor , lassitude , and listlessness ) is a subjective feeling of tiredness which is distinct from weakness , and has a gradual onset. Unlike weakness, fatigue can be alleviated by periods of ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. get tired of something or somebody [syn: tire , pall , weary , jade ] exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire , wear upon , tire out , wear , weary , jade , wear out , outwear , wear ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES battle fatigue chronic fatigue syndrome combat fatigue ▪ These treatment methods enabled 80 percent of combat-fatigue-affected troops to return to duty. combat fatigues (= trousers worn in battles by the armed forces ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion. vb. 1 (context transitive English) to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion 2 (context intransitive English) to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted ...
Usage examples of fatigue.
On a burning evening in May I rode out beyond the city gates along the banks of the Orontes to meet the small group so worn by anxiety, fever, and fatigue: the ailing emperor, Attianus, and the women.
Her ardour made me amorous, and I rendered homage to her charms till I fell asleep with fatigue.
Fatigued from being enticed into conference, time and again, by the Democratic majority and leaving with little to show, Armey murmured that such encounters were not love, not sex, and not natural.
Surrounding Atene, they led her from the Sanctuary, accompanied by her uncle the Shaman, who, as it seemed to me, either through fatigue or fear, could scarcely stand upon his feet, but stood blinking his dim eyes as though the light dazed him.
However, she saw that I did not back her up, and began to weep, then kissed me again and again, and just as she was going to sit down, worn out with fatigue and despair, I went off, wishing them a pleasant journey, and telling Irene we should meet again.
StarDrifter stared at his son, then FarSight, seeing clearly how fatigued the birdman was.
Her muscles aching with fatigue, she dug through the trunk Blu had placed at the foot of the bed, and pulled out a set of sheets.
Air Force fatigues, with a Czech-made ZKR target pistol bolstered on her left side for the cross draw she favored.
Downstairs the whistle blew, and simultaneously the guard bugler began to blow Fatigue Call in the quad, and he could even listen to the call objectively.
He posed against a ceiba tree, his camouflage fatigues starched and creased, his jump wings flashing on his chest, an Uzi machine pistol slung casually over his right shoulder.
He decided to postpone the affecting meeting of brothers-in-law to a more convenient season, and made his way to his favourite table at the Cosmopolis grill-room for a bite of lunch preliminary to the fatigues of the sale.
I felt well, and I thought I could easily walk as far as Valcimare, but I arrived there only after five hours of hard walking, and thoroughly beaten with fatigue.
The wind having died away, I made the men row against the current, but towards midnight they told me that they could not row any longer, they were worn out with fatigue.
I pretend to be cowering helplessly, but there is still power in my armor to compensate for my fatigued muscles.
As, therefore, he could place no confidence in Cuesta and the Spanish army, and as with 17,000 British forces fatigued and famishing, he could not hope successfully to fight with two French armies each about three times stronger than his own, he resolved to retire to Portugal.