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View usage for: (weərɪŋ) adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]If you say that a situation or activity is wearing, you mean that it requires a lot of energy and makes you feel mentally or physically tired. She finds the continual confrontation very wearing. Being in demand can be rather wearing. Synonyms: tiresome, trying, taxing, tiring More Synonyms of wearing wearing in British English (ˈwɛərɪŋ) adjectivecausing fatigue or exhaustion; tiring Derived forms wearingly (ˈwearingly) adverb wearing in American English (ˈwɛrɪŋ) adjective1. of or intended for wear wearing apparel 2. causing wear, or gradual impairment or diminution Derived forms wearingly (ˈwearingly) adverb Examples of 'wearing' in a sentencewearing Joyhinia spun around in annoyance to find the Karien standing by the open door wearing a look of intense displeasure.He went outside for a smoke and to pace out his new understanding, as if he was wearing different boots.If she hadn't been wearing her seat belt, she might have survived. All related terms of 'wearing'Definition causing exhaustion and sometimes irritation She finds his continual demands very wearing. Synonyms fatiguing oppressive exasperating Opposites light , easy , stimulating , refreshing , effortless , painless , undemanding , no bother Additional synonymsShe had set herself an exhausting schedule. Synonyms tiring, hard, testing, taxing, difficult, draining, punishing, crippling, fatiguing, wearying, gruelling, sapping, debilitating, strenuous, arduous, laborious, enervating, backbreaking Definition annoying or tiresome the irksome regulations Synonyms irritating, trying, annoying, aggravating (informal), troublesome, unwelcome, exasperating, tiresome, vexing, disagreeable, burdensome, wearisome, bothersome, vexatiousYou won't be asked to do anything too taxing. Synonyms demanding, trying, wearing, heavy, tough, tiring, punishing, exacting, stressful, sapping, onerous, burdensome, wearisome, enervating- wear something out
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Additional synonymsIt had been a long and tiring day. Synonyms exhausting, demanding, wearing, tough, exacting, fatiguing, wearying, strenuous, arduous, laborious, enervative Definition upsetting, difficult, or annoying The whole business has been very trying. Synonyms annoying, hard, taxing, difficult, tough, upsetting, irritating, fatiguing, stressful, aggravating (informal), troublesome, exasperating, arduous, tiresome, vexing, irksome, wearisome, bothersomeDefinition causing fatigue and irritation a long and wearisome task Synonyms tedious, trying, wearing, boring, exhausting, dull, annoying, fatiguing, troublesome, oppressive, exasperating, tiresome, monotonous, prosaic, humdrum, burdensome, uninteresting, mind-numbing, irksome, bothersome, vexatious, pestilentialAll related terms of 'wearing' |