Synonyms for wearing
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wair-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛər ɪŋ |
Définition of wearing
Origin :- "action of wearing" (clothes), mid-15c., from wear (v.). Meaning "what one wears" is 1570s. To be the worse for wear is attested from 1782; noun phrase wear and tear is first recorded 1660s, implying the sense "process of being degraded by use."
- adj tiring
- As though she had meant by wearing it to emphasize her belief in her lover.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Why, those are my clothes you are wearing, you graceless rascal!
- Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
- Was you telling' him that the dress ye were wearing' was a present from your old cook?
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- When day broke they succeeded in wearing the ship with a remnant of the spritsail.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- Some of the boots were past wearing when found, and some were not found.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Were they wearing light tweed knickerbockers with big checks?
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- It will not prevent you from wearing your shoe and stocking.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- She was wearing a simple grey dress of some shimmering material.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- She had a gift denied to most Englishwomen—the genius for wearing clothes.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- The aunt said, 'Charlotte, Miss Wade is wearing you to death, and this must not continue.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
Words or expressions associated with your search
- activewear
- casual wear
- dog-weary
- false swearing
- footwear
- forswear
- forswearing
- hard wear
- hard-wearing
- leisure wear
- leisure wears
- leisurewear
- leisurewears
- loungewear
- neckwear
- nightwear
- outwear
- sportswear
- swear
- swear at
- swear by
- swear off
- swear on bible
- swear to
- swear to God
- swear up and down
- swearing
- underwear
- unweariedly
- wear
- wear away
- wear down
- wear out
- wear well
- wearied
- wearing
- wearing away
- wearing only a smile
- wearing out
- wearisome
- wearisomeness
- weary
- weary load
- wearying
- world-weariness
- world-weary
- worse for wear
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