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FATIGUED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fatigued mean? 

FATIGUED (adjective)
  The adjective FATIGUED has 1 sense:

1. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhaustedplay

  Familiarity information: FATIGUED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FATIGUED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

Synonyms:

dog-tired; exhausted; fagged; fatigued; gone; played out; spent; washed-out; worn-out; worn out

Context example:

you look worn out

Similar:

tired (depleted of strength or energy)


 Context examples 


I wish you may not be fatigued by so much exercise.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Over the past week, have you usually felt fatigued?

(MDS-UPDRS - Fatigue, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual is or was easily fatigued.

(Easily Fatigued, NCI Thesaurus)

You have been over-excited, or over-fatigued.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose,” said Mr. Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“I am,”—she answered—“I am fatigued; but it is not the sort of fatigue—quick walking will refresh me.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A question about whether an individual feels or felt fatigued.

(Feel Fatigue, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual's motivation is or was lower when fatigued.

(Motivation Lower When Fatigued, NCI Thesaurus)

But this was a luxury of sensation that could not endure; I became fatigued with excess of bodily exertion and sank on the damp grass in the sick impotence of despair.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

She was prepared to be wet through, fatigued, and frightened; but the event was still more unfortunate, for they did not go at all.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)



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