WEARING Synonyms: 321 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of wearing

as in crushing

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as in draining

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verb

present participle of wear

as in killing

to use up all the physical energy of the job of running their own business wears them sometimes

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as in eroding

to damage or diminish by continued friction all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly

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as in standing

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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Recent Examples of wearing

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Pisces February 19 – March 20 A busy day could reveal where your routine has been quietly wearing you down. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026 After shooting Lino in the foot, the stranger reveals himself as Father Joe (Kiefer Sutherland), an actual priest who takes on Manhattan’s drug dealers wearing his work clothes. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2026 She was last seen wearing a Winnie-the-Pooh shirt, a pink raincoat and white tennis shoes. — Yana Johnson, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026 Pries said even when wearing long layers in the heat, mosquitoes still find ways to bite through them. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Steinem had likened wearing the bunny suit to feeling like meat on a hook. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 When the extraction took place, last September, ninety people wearing blue latex gloves lined up behind the tapestry. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 One picture shows a schoolboy Rogers at the Hawks’ annual presentation evening, wearing a tie in their red and blue colours. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Owner Susan Maddox, wearing a denim shirt and an Hermès scarf tied around her shoulders, welcomes me. — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wearing

Adjective

And that makes his collapse all the more crushing.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Even the laughs and smiles that Joe and Kate Keller issue are fleeting, a respite from the journey toward a more crushing reality.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026

Definition of crushing

Adjective

This is a good time to organize the list, clarify expectations, or make a routine feel less draining.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
Speaking of the part of van life spent behind the wheel, Volkswagen has slightly reworked the Grand California's driver-assistance suite to make driving a little less draining.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 July 2026

Definition of draining

Verb

After Israel destroyed Jenin refugee camp during the Second Intifada in 2002, a young girl looked into Mohammad Bakri’s camera and said that Palestinians would live proudly as eagles and die standing like lions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
The risk of standing still, with human-error outages trending in the wrong direction, is real.

— Song Pang, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of standing

Adjective

The overwhelming response from our community reflects the strength of pairing On’s innovative heritage with our deep understanding of women and our passion for blending function with style.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2026
Miami was voted as the overwhelming favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of overwhelming

Adjective

In typical Greengrassian fashion, The Uprising proves intense from first minute to last, the director utilizing his familiar handheld camera and frenetic editing style to an at times exhausting degree.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Suppressing tics as treatment Suppressing tics can be distracting and exhausting, yet decades of research has shown that tic suppression can be strengthened and used therapeutically.

— Michael Okun, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026