📖 Definitions of "Tiring"
- 1
To become sleepy or weary.
- 2
To make sleepy or weary.
- 3
To become bored or impatient (with).
"I tire of this book."
- 4
To bore.
- 1
To dress or adorn.
- 1
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
- 2
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
- 1
The action of tiring.
- 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.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| effortful | Requiring or showing effort. |
| exhausting | Very tiring. |
| wearyingnoun | The process of making weary. |
| wearingnoun | That which is worn; clothes; garments. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tiring"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| exhausting | Very tiring. |
| effortful | Requiring or showing effort. |
| wearingnoun | That which is worn; clothes; garments. |
| wearyingnoun | The process of making weary. |
| tiresome | Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome. |
| depressing | Causing depression or sadness. |
| gruellingnoun | Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking. |
| tedious | Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong. |
| laborious | Requiring much physical effort; toilsome. |
| strenuous | (of a task) Requiring great exertion; very laborious. |
| drainingnoun | (comparable) Causing a depletion of energy or resources; exhausting. |
| untirednessnoun | The state of being untired. |
| fatiguingnessnoun | The quality of being fatiguing. |
| tediousnessnoun | The quality of being tedious; tedium. |
| tiresomenessnoun | the state or quality of being tiresome; wearisomeness; tediousness. |
| untiringnessnoun | The quality of being untiring. |
| wearinessnoun | Exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness. |
| exhaustingnessnoun | Quality of being exhausting. |
| taediumnoun | Alternative form of tedium. [Boredom or tediousness; ennui.] |
| tirelessnessnoun | The property of being tireless. |
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