fatigue
Roget category 688
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.1. Simple voluntary action
#688.
Fatigue
noun
fatigue —
weariness
etc.
841 —
yawning,
drowsiness
etc.
683 —
lassitude,
tiredness,
fatigation†,
exhaustion —
sweat —
dyspnoea.
anhelation,
shortness of breath —
faintness —
collapse,
prostration,
swoon,
fainting,
deliquium [Lat.],
syncope,
lipothymy† —
goneness†.
verb
be fatigued
etc.
adj. —
yawn
etc.
(get sleepy)
683 —
droop,
sink,
flag —
lose breath,
lose wind —
gasp,
pant,
puff,
blow,
drop,
swoon,
faint,
succumb.
fatigue,
tire,
weary,
irk,
flag,
jade,
harass,
exhaust,
knock up,
wear out,
prostrate.
tax,
task,
strain —
overtask,
overwork,
overburden,
overtax,
overstrain.
adjective
fatigued,
tired
etc.
v. —
weary
etc.
841 —
drowsy
etc.
683 —
drooping
etc.
v. —
haggard —
toilworn†,
wayworn:,
footsore,
surbated†,
weather-beaten —
faint —
done up,
used up,
knocked up —
bushed [U.S.] —
exhausted,
prostrate,
spent —
overtired,
overspent,
overfatigued —
unrefreshed†,
unrestored.
worn,
worn out —
battered,
shattered,
pulled down,
seedy,
altered.
breathless,
windless —
short of breath,
out of breath,
short of wind —
blown,
puffing and blowing —
short-breathed —
anhelose† —
broken winded,
short-winded —
dyspnaeal†,
dyspnaeic†.
ready to drop,
all in,
more dead than alive,
dog-weary,
walked off one's legs,
tired to death,
on one's last legs,
played out,
hors de combat [Fr.].
fatiguing
etc.
v. —
tiresome,
irksome,
wearisome —
weary,
trying.
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