Unscramble fatigues

Definition of fatigues

noun:

• military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor.
• 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". Synonyms: fatigue, tiredness, weariness.
• used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; "metal fatigue". Synonyms: fatigue.
• (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". Synonyms: fatigue.
• 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". Synonyms: fatigue, fatigue duty.

verb:

• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food". Synonyms: fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary.
• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike". Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary. Antonyms: refresh.

Related words

asthenopia, beat, exhaust, exhaustion, eyestrain, grogginess, logginess, loginess, overfatigue, overtire, overweary, retire, tucker, withdraw.

Words nearby

fatigue, fatigued.