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Tiring

To become sleepy or weary.

📖 Definitions of "Tiring"

verb
  1. 1

    To become sleepy or weary.

  2. 2

    To make sleepy or weary.

  3. 3

    To become bored or impatient (with).

    "I tire of this book."

  4. 4

    To bore.

verb
  1. 1

    To dress or adorn.

verb
  1. 1

    To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

  2. 2

    To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

noun
  1. 1

    The action of tiring.

  2. 2

    Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger.

🔄 Synonyms of "Tiring"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
effortfulRequiring or showing effort.
exhaustingVery tiring.
wearyingnounThe process of making weary.
wearingnounThat which is worn; clothes; garments.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tiring"

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WordDefinition
exhaustingVery tiring.
effortfulRequiring or showing effort.
wearingnounThat which is worn; clothes; garments.
wearyingnounThe process of making weary.
tiresomeCausing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
depressingCausing depression or sadness.
gruellingnounVery difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.
tediousBoring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
laboriousRequiring much physical effort; toilsome.
strenuous(of a task) Requiring great exertion; very laborious.
drainingnoun(comparable) Causing a depletion of energy or resources; exhausting.
untirednessnounThe state of being untired.
fatiguingnessnounThe quality of being fatiguing.
tediousnessnounThe quality of being tedious; tedium.
tiresomenessnounthe state or quality of being tiresome; wearisomeness; tediousness.
untiringnessnounThe quality of being untiring.
wearinessnounExhaustion, fatigue or tiredness.
exhaustingnessnounQuality of being exhausting.
taediumnounAlternative form of tedium. [Boredom or tediousness; ennui.]
tirelessnessnounThe property of being tireless.

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