👕 Having on body 🪨 Erosion or abrasion 😩 Tiring or exhausting

wearing

4.8

Making you feel tired after a long time or hard work

adjective
/ˈwɛrɪŋ/

: agotador

WHAT WAS HE WEARING?

Examples

After a day of hiking, I found the steep trails quite wearing on my legs.
The long lecture was so wearing that I struggled to stay awake.
And this is wearing her out.
Her constant worrying about the project became wearing, leaving her exhausted.

Synonyms

exhausting

vswearing

92 3.2

To make you feel very tired

is less extreme, covering normal physical or mental fatigue

tiring

vswearing

25 1.0

Making you feel tired after a lot of activity

emphasises physical or mental fatigue rather than other causes

wearisome

vswearing

2 7.0

Makes you feel tired or bored because it is repetitive

refers to fatigue caused directly by physical or mental effort not boredom

wearying

vswearing

1 5.4

Making you feel tired and worn out

emphasises physical or mental fatigue rather than other causes

Antonyms

invigorating

9 4.4

Making you feel more energetic and alive

Compounds

long-wearing

1 3.7

Able to last a long time without breaking or fading

wearing apparel

1 2.8

Clothes people put on to cover their body

wearing away

Specialized

5.1

Slow loss of a surface by water, wind, or rubbing

How Tiring

grueling

30 7.0

exhausting

92 3.2

draining

1 4.4

wearing

4.8

tiring

25 1.0

Surface Forms

wearing positive

Morphology

wearing = wear (semi-transparent) = wear + ing

An adjectival use of the present participle 'wearing' meaning 'causing one to be worn down/tired'; the relation to 'wear' is clear but the figurative sense 'tiring' may require knowledge of verbal phrase 'to wear (someone) out'.

Etymology

Wearing as an adjective is tied to the word weary, which means 'tired'. That's why something 'wearing' slowly 'wears you out' and makes you feel exhausted.