brain-fag

1. 1.

   exhaustion that affects mental keenness

   Synonymsmental exhaustion

   Broaderexhaustion

Questions about brain-fag

What does brain-fag mean?

brain-fag means "exhaustion that affects mental keenness".

How many syllables are in brain-fag?

brain-fag has 2 syllables: brain--fag. The stress falls on "brain-".

What is another word for brain-fag?

Close synonyms include mental exhaustion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brain-fag a common word?

brain-fag is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.