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Synonyms & Antonyms of wearing
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
as in overwhelming, crushing
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2
as in exhausting, draining
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for wearing
- blank,
- earthbound,
- gray
- (also grey),
- inanimate,
- pallid,
- pedantic,
- sterile,
- suspenseless,
- undramatic,
- uneventful,
- unexciting,
- unimaginative,
- uninspiring,
- unnewsworthy,
- unrewarding,
- unsensational,
- unspectacular
- cumbersome,
- lumbering,
- plodding,
- poky
- (or pokey)
- aseptic,
- barren,
- blah,
- dullish,
- pleasureless,
- prosaic,
- prosy,
- soggy,
- spiritless
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for wearing
- amazing,
- astonishing,
- astounding,
- awesome,
- eye-opening,
- fabulous,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- sensational,
- spectacular,
- surprising,
- wonderful,
- wondrous
- animating,
- breathtaking,
- electrifying,
- energizing,
- enlivening,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- galvanizing,
- hair-raising,
- inspiring,
- invigorating,
- rip-roaring,
- rousing,
- stimulating,
- stirring,
- thrilling
wearing
verb
present participle of wear
Synonyms & Antonyms of wearing (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to use up all the physical energy of
- the job of running their own business wears them sometimes
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2
to damage or diminish by continued friction
- all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly
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3
British
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
- her marriage is so bad—I don't know how she wears it
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- abiding,
- absorbing,
- accepting,
- bearing,
- biding
- [chiefly dialect],
- brooking,
- countenancing,
- enduring,
- going,
- hacking,
- handling,
- meeting,
- pocketing,
- standing,
- sticking out,
- stomaching,
- supporting,
- sustaining,
- sweating out,
- taking,
- tolerating
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The first known use of wearing was in the 15th century
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