tiring
adjective
[ ˈtʌɪərɪŋ ]
• causing one to need rest or sleep; fatiguing.
• "it had been a tiring day"
tire
verb
• feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.
• "soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire"
Similar:
get/grow/become tired,
become fatigued,
weaken,
grow weak,
lose one's strength,
flag,
droop,
drop,
fatigue,
tire out,
wear out,
overtire,
weary,
exhaust,
drain,
sap,
wash out,
tax,
overtax,
enervate,
debilitate,
enfeeble,
jade,
incapacitate,
devitalize,
prostrate,
whack,
shatter,
bush,
knacker,
frazzle,
wear to a frazzle,
poop,
take it out of,
fag out,
do in,
knock out,
exhausting,
wearying,
fatiguing,
enervating,
draining,
sapping,
stressful,
wearing,
trying,
crushing,
demanding,
exacting,
taxing,
challenging,
burdensome,
arduous,
gruelling,
punishing,
grinding,
onerous,
difficult,
hard,
tough,
heavy,
laborious,
back-breaking,
crippling,
strenuous,
rigorous,
uphill,
stringent,
strict,
killing,
murderous,
hellish,
exigent,
• lose interest in; become bored with.
• "the media will tire of publicizing every protest"
Origin:
Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.
