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
- unfatigued adjective
Etymology
Origin of fatigued
Example Sentences
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Between the travel and the exertion, I was incredibly fatigued.
He said the current backdrop for restaurants “may be getting a little less deal-driven,” and that people could be “getting fatigued with going for every discount and deal.”
From MarketWatch
Restaurants across the industry are fighting to draw economically fatigued customers.
Women using HRT reported feeling the most fatigued of all three groups, even though their total sleep duration did not differ from post-menopausal women who were not taking HRT.
From Science Daily
I just wonder if Chelsea might be a bit fatigued after midweek, and this could be quite tight, but I still think they will win it.
From BBC
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