tiring
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Causing one to feel tired; producing fatigue or exhaustion: Describes an activity, task, or situation that requires a lot of effort and results in a feeling of weariness.
Usage
- The adjective tiring is used to describe something that makes you feel physically or mentally tired.
- It typically comes before a noun (e.g., a tiring day) or after a linking verb like , , or (e.g., The work was tiring).
Examples
- Adjective:
- It was a long and tiring journey.
- I find gardening very tiring but satisfying.
- She has a tiring schedule with back-to-back meetings.
Advanced Usage
- "to find something tiring": to experience a particular activity as causing fatigue.
- Many people find long commutes tiring.
- Comparative and Superlative Forms: more tiring, most tiring.
- This route is more tiring than the other one.
- That was the most tiring workout I've ever done.
Variants and Related Words
- Tire (verb): to cause to become weary; to lose energy.
- The long walk tired the children.
- Tired (adjective): feeling a need to rest or sleep.
- I am too tired to go out.
- Tireless (adjective): having or showing great effort or energy that does not diminish.
- She is a tireless advocate for human rights.
Synonyms
- Exhausting: Completely draining one's energy.
- Fatiguing: Causing weariness.
- Wearing: Having a tiring or weakening effect over time.
- Draining: Causing a loss of energy or vitality.
Antonyms
- Refreshing: Serving to refresh or reinvigorate.
- Invigorating: Making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy.
- Energizing: Giving energy and vitality.
Related Phrases
- Tiring out: (Phrasal verb) To make someone very tired.
- The kids tired me out at the park.
- Tire of something: To become bored with or lose interest in something.
- He never tires of telling that story.
Adjective
- producing exhaustion
- an exhausting march
- the visit was especially wearing