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exhausting

American  
[ig-zaw-sting] / ɪgˈzɔ stɪŋ /

adjective

  1. producing or tending to produce fatigue, weariness, or the like.

    an exhausting day; an exhausting child.

Other Word Forms

  • exhaustingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of exhausting

First recorded in 1530–40; exhaust + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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She said giving evidence and telling her story repeatedly had also been "exhausting".

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The album is overstuffed, eccentric, kitsch, dramatic and a little bit exhausting.

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After much exhausting digging, he grubbed up four more, ate two, and stuffed two in his jerkin for later.

From Literature

Our short journey there is exhausting, as you have to keep moving to not sink into the soft powder.

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Head nurse Ali Omeis said it was exhausting to be dealing with another war so soon.

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