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adjective

as in tiring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest a wearying effort to sort through years of records

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verb

present participle of weary
1
as in boring
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous these constant complaints are really wearying me

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2
as in exhausting
to use up all the physical energy of a whole day of hard physical labor had thoroughly wearied her

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Recent Examples of wearying
Verb
But for two hours the film is just set-piece after set-piece, backed by a deafening score, which becomes rather wearying. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 July 2026 Bram, his husband, has a demanding job at a museum in Rotterdam and Arnold’s bitterness has grown wearying. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 Even for those spared personal catastrophe, the broader atmosphere has been wearying; institutions strained, norms eroded, tempers short. — Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026 And then, with wearying inevitability, the Premier League would follow suit. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025 The leanness and intensity of the production — a 35-day shoot, with only 11 days in the main location — were exhilarating but wearying. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025 Jurors had endured a wearying six-week trial and testimony from 76 witnesses — for which they were paid just $20 a day. — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wearying
  1. tiring
  2. boring
  3. exhausting
  4. weary
  5. wearing
  6. slow
  7. killing
  8. old
Adjective
  • Everything seems tiring and exhausting, especially the simplest, most mundane activities.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 26 July 2026
  • Clothing that handles part of the pulling and positioning could make mornings less tiring.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of tiring
Verb
  • Outdoor brands like Halfdays, FP Movement, Patagonia, and Athleta have quite frankly never looked better, with cheerful colorways, unique designs, and trail-ready pieces all proving that function doesn’t have to mean boring.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That said, woodpeckers are attracted to other types of wood-boring insects, and woodpecker activity doesn’t always indicate that borers are present.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of boring
Verb
  • The ruling involves 16 men's basketball players who sued the NCAA in Cobb County Superior Court in July after exhausting four seasons of college eligibility.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Countless veterans whom Perry had gotten to know had experienced similarly stark recoveries after exhausting conventional treatments for brain injuries and trauma, and turning to ibogaine.
    — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhausting
Adjective
  • Democrats are pressing for a House ethics probe and weighing new investments behind union ironworker Brian Poindexter, betting scandal-weary voters in Trump-friendly northeast Ohio may be ready for change.
    — Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The latest data suggests that the path to relief for inflation-weary Americans remains uncertain.
    — Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of weary
Verb
  • The warning was to never wash her hands while wearing the ring, because the eye could wash away.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • During the video, a person wearing a gorilla suit walked directly through the scene, stopped, beat their chest, and walked away.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of wearing
Adjective
  • Researchers used the device to process time-series data, including signals that contained both rapid and slow changes.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
  • However, there is another, slower and more insidious evacuation taking place, and that is the steady migration from rural areas all around the world to burgeoning cities, which now host more than half the world’s population.
    — John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of slow
Verb
  • Prosecutors say after killing her children, Clancy cut her wrists and neck and jumped from a second-story window, leaving her partially paralyzed.
    — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Militants affiliated with the Islamic State group attacked a village in Congo near the border with Uganda early Saturday, killing at least 13 people and burning and looting homes, a local civil society group said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of killing
Adjective
  • The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele, was spotted by plainclothes federal agents who observed odd behavior and subsequently contacted the Lomita Sheriff Department deputies.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In honor of the upcoming movie, the All Roads Lead to Camp bus is touring across the country and bringing fans, new and old, into the world of Camp Rock, PEOPLE previously revealed exclusively.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of old

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