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    FATIGUED

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhaustedplay

    Example:

    you look worn out

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    tired (depleted of strength or energy)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Past simple / past participle of the verb fatigue

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     Context examples: 

    I fatigued myself as much as I possibly could in the Commons all day, by a variety of devices, and at the appointed time in the evening repaired to Mr. Mills's street.

    (David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

    “You are fatigued with your haste. Pray wait until you have recovered yourself, and then I shall be most happy to look into any little problem which you may submit to me.”

    (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Glumdalclitch and I were much fatigued: I had gotten a small cold, but the poor girl was so ill as to be confined to her chamber.

    (Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

    We are not asked to dine with them, however, till the day after, Mrs Musgrove is so afraid of her being fatigued by the journey, which is not very likely, considering the care that will be taken of her; and it would be much more convenient to me to dine there to-morrow.

    (Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

    The friends were not able to get together for any confidential discourse till all the dancing was over; but then, as they walked about the room arm in arm, Isabella thus explained herself: I do not wonder at your surprise; and I am really fatigued to death.

    (Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

    Crawford could not have wished her more fatigued or more ready to sit down; but he could have wished her sister away.

    (Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

    It originated in Mrs. Gardiner, who, fatigued by the exercise of the morning, found Elizabeth's arm inadequate to her support, and consequently preferred her husband's.

    (Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

    Never had Marianne been so unwilling to dance in her life, as she was that evening, and never so much fatigued by the exercise.

    (Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

    I am sorry to find, my love, that my father does not think you looking well—but I hope it is only from being a little fatigued.

    (Emma, by Jane Austen)

    I talked to her on the subjects which occupied my thoughts; and I read Shakespeare to her—and fatigued her to the last degree.

    (David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)


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