fəˈtiːɡ fəˈtiːɡ wɛə wɛə(ɹ) ˈwɪəɹinɪs ˈwɪɹinɪs ˈwɪəɹi 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 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 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 used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress metal fatigue