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[ ig-zaw-sting ] / ɪgˈzɔ stɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR exhausting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveproducing or tending to produce fatigue, weariness, or the like: an exhausting day; an exhausting child. Origin of exhaustingFirst recorded in 1530–40; exhaust + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM exhaustingex·haust·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby exhaustingexhale, exhaust, exhausted, exhaust fan, exhaust-gas recirculation, exhausting, exhaustion, exhaustion psychosis, exhaustive, exhaustless, exhaust manifold Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for exhaustingMarx forecast that the profit motive would lead to overworking and exhausting the fertility of our soil and other natural systems. American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years|Jedediah Purdy|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Russian professional models often describe their business as "exhausting" and "frustrating," especially for a child. Is 9-Year-Old Russian Model Kristina Pimenova Too Sexualized?|Anna Nemtsova|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sports stars going on Dancing with the Stars who are big, butch, and energetic are talking about how exhausting it is. Nigel Lythgoe on How to Save Reality TV, ‘On the Town,’ and ‘Brokeback Ballroom’|Kevin Fallon|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Their alleged attempt to run off and join ISIS had apparently been exhausting. How ISIS’s Colorado Girls Were Caught|Michael Daly|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He speaks of the discipline it takes to care for a baby and the overwhelming reward that comes at the end of every exhausting day. T-Rav: The Reality TV Star Running for Senate in South Carolina|Patricia Murphy|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST They would have occasioned an incalculable and exhausting expense. History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of The United States|Edmund G. Ross Cavalrymen and frontiersmen have slept soundly in the saddle during the exhausting campaigns against the Indians. A Practical Physiology|Albert F. Blaisdell Not one was shirked, though their delivery, before a large audience, was a most exhausting duty. This method is extremely injurious and exhausting and is very likely to lead to neurasthenia and a nervous breakdown. Woman|William J. Robinson It was hard, dangerous, and exhausting work, and at the end of three days Derrick was heartily tired of it. Derrick Sterling|Kirk Monroe
Words related to exhaustingdraining, tiresome, taxing, debilitating, wearing, fatiguing, wearying, depleting, sapping |