fatiguing
Definition
Adjective: - Causing weariness or exhaustion: "fatiguing" describes something that makes you feel very tired, either physically or mentally, often due to prolonged effort or monotony.
Usage Examples
- (The physical effort made the walk very tiring.)
- (The concentration required caused mental exhaustion.)
- (The monotony and repetition led to tiredness.)
Advanced Usage
"Fatiguing" in medical contexts: Used to describe activities or conditions that induce fatigue, often as a symptom or side effect.
- The treatment was so fatiguing that the patient needed to rest for days. (The medical procedure caused severe tiredness.)
"Fatiguing" as a gerund or present participle: Can function as a verb form, meaning "to cause fatigue."
- The constant noise was fatiguing the workers. (The noise was causing them to become tired.)
Variants and Related Words
Fatigue (noun): a state of physical or mental weariness.
- After the long journey, he was overcome with fatigue. (Extreme tiredness.)
Fatigue (verb): to cause someone to become very tired.
- The long hours of work fatigued the team. (Made them exhausted.)
Synonyms
- Tiring: causing a loss of energy or strength.
- Exhausting: making someone extremely tired, often to the point of collapse.
- Wearing: gradually causing tiredness through continuous effort.
- Draining: depleting one's energy or resources.
Related Idioms
- "To be fatiguing" (not a fixed idiom, but a descriptive phrase): used to emphasize the draining nature of an activity.
- The endless meetings are fatiguing. (They are tiring and unproductive.)
Phrasal Verbs
- No common phrasal verbs are directly formed with "fatiguing." However, the verb "fatigue" can be used in passive constructions:
- He was fatigued by the long drive. (He became tired from driving.)