Synonyms for exhausting

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ig-zaw-sting

Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɔ stɪŋ

Définition of exhausting

Origin : 1530s, "to draw off or out, to use up completely," from Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire "draw off, take away, use up," from ex- "off" (see ex-) + haurire "to draw up" (as water), from PIE *aus- "to draw water." Of resources, etc., from 1630s. Related: Exhausted; exhausting.

adj tiring

Example sentences :

He cannot imagine a more salutary mode of exhausting his force.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

All the same, he must be an exhausting man for a daughter to live with; and a daughter who adored him.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

There are few things so exhausting as the quiet of the country.
Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna

They talk glibly of exhausting them as though their own resources were inexhaustible.
Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

We were exhausting ourselves by this sort of imbecile wrestling.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

I know how exhausting one feels the first time of getting down.
Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice

Gorki soon gave up this task, which was too exhausting for him.
Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald

But it is good fun, if exhausting, and a sovereign cure for insomnia.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan

And conversation and manner were far from exhausting his resources.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton

They were soon asleep, for the experiences of the past few hours had been exhausting.
Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay

Antonyms for exhausting

easy

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