tiring

B1
US /ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/
adj verb noun Freq #11352

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    That tires or tire.

    Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring.

  2. 2
    adj

    producing exhaustion

  3. 3
    verb

    present participle and gerund of tire

  4. 4
    noun

    The action of tiring.

  5. 5
    noun

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · that tires or tire. drainingexhaustingexhaustivefatiguinggruelingtiresometiringwearifulwearingwearisomeweary
2 adj · producing exhaustion exhausting
Word family
Derived forms tiring-housetiring-room

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