fatigued
Americanadjective
Usage
What does fatigued mean? Fatigued means physically or mentally tired, as in The fatigued construction workers decided to finish work for the day. Fatigued is a synonym of words like tired, exhausted, and weary—all words to describe a person who is out of energy. Fatigued describes a state in which you desperately want to sleep or rest. Fatigued comes from the noun fatigue, which means weariness or lethargy. If you are unfatigued, you are not fatigued, that is, you have energy. Example: I took a nap after work because I was fatigued from unloading trucks all day.
Related Words
See tired 1.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of fatigued
Explanation
If you're fatigued, you're exhausted. You're bound to be fatigued after climbing a mountain — or babysitting for five year-old triplets. When you're so wiped out and tired that you can barely brush your teeth and fall into bed at night, you're truly fatigued. It's another way to say "tired," "exhausted," "beat," or "tuckered out." The adjective fatigued comes from fatigue, originally a French word meaning "weariness," from the verb fatiguer, "to tire," which has a Latin root, fatigare, "to make weary."
Example Sentences
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Fatigued with life in Korea, Yejin has decided to leave for New Zealand.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024
Fatigued, hindered by a slew of injuries and hurting after a Champions League exit, Newcastle wasn’t in a good place ahead of the visit of a Fulham team coming off back-to-back 5-0 wins.
From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2023
Fatigued after two downhill races in nearby Val Gardena, Odermatt struggled into ninth in Sunday’s opening run before charging onto the podium in the second leg.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022
Fatigued, repeatedly sick to her stomach, with no sense of smell or taste and some shortness of breath, she seemed to have a near-textbook case of the virus.
From Scientific American • Apr. 15, 2022
Fatigued as she was by the exciting events of the past twenty-four hours, she reached the press-room in a buoyant mood.
From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James
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