tiring
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- adjective
- /ˈtaɪərɪŋ/
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- It was very tiring, but also pretty productive.
- long and tiring
It, it, it's so much more tiring to drive without it.
- It, it, it's so much more tiring to drive without it.
- And because it's getting tiring, tiring, so you're getting tired.
- And, you know, it was really, really, actually very tiring and not enjoyable at all.
- Did have too much for lunch or is it just tiring or, or what's going on?
- Our days are tiring, our days are busy, our days are draining.
- This is still new and it's so tiring.
- That's why I think some people get it's, it's hard to do, it's tiring.
- But it was still difficult because it was tiring.
Examples
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It's been a tiring night.
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OK, So what has culminated in a long and tiring election season?
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But which is more tiring for you at work or at home?
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That must be very tiring for you!
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Honestly working for you is very tiring really.
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Flying is so tiring, isn't it?
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It was such a long, tiring day for me.
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Instructing the help was a tiring duty that few understood or appreciated.
Fiction book (1998) -
Look, 007, I've had a long and tiring journey, probably to no purpose.
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It was such a long, tiring day for me.
Synonyms
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Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient
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3.2
To make you feel very tired
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4.4
Boring and repetitive, making you feel mentally tired
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4.1
Making you bored, annoyed, or mentally tired
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7.0
Very hard and tiring, needing a lot of physical effort
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6.8
Needing a lot of physical or mental effort
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6.9
Making something feel very dull and boring
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Making you feel tired and worn out
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4.4
Making you feel very tired and low on energy
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7.6
Slow and boring so you feel tired
Making you feel tired after a long time or hard work
Antonyms
How Tiring
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tiring comes from the verb tire, which originally meant 'to pull' and then grew to mean being worn out. So, tiring now means 'making you feel tired' or 'wearing you down'.