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draining

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adjtiring

Word Origin & History

Old English dreahnian "to drain, strain out," from Proto-Germanic *dreug-, source of drought, dry, giving the English word originally a sense of "make dry." Figurative meaning of "exhaust" is attested from 1650s. The word is not found in surviving texts between late Old English and the 1500s. Related: Drained; draining.

Example Sentences for draining

So enthusiastic was he that it was all I could do to prevent him from draining a second one.

He has spoken of it as an ulcer that is draining the Empire of its resources.

Still supporting the limp, draining body, the young man called to him.

Have n't they digging and draining, and whatever it is, to do of their own?

And yet the cup has not passed—we have been draining it ...

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Synonyms for draining

adj tiring

exhausting
taxing
debilitating
depleting
fatiguing
sapping
wearing
wearying
tiresome

More words related to draining

evacuation

noun. removal

clearing
discharge
draining
emptying
expulsion

exhausting

adjective. tiring

debilitating
depleting
draining
fatiguing
sapping
taxing
tiresome
wearing
wearying

fatiguing

adjective. tiring

debilitating
depleting
draining
exhausting
sapping
taxing
tiresome
wearing
wearying

pouring

adjective. streaming

discharging
draining
flooding
flowing
gushing
raining
rainy
running
rushing
showering
spilling
spouting
spurting

refinement

noun. cleansing

clarification
cleaning
depuration
detersion
distillation
draining
filtering
processing
purification
rarefaction
rectification

ruinous

adjective. disastrous, devastating

annihilative
baleful
baneful
calamitous
cataclysmic
catastrophic
crippling
damaging
deadly
deleterious
depleting
dire
draining
exhausting
extravagant
fatal
fateful
harmful
hurtful
immoderate
impoverishing
injurious
murderous
noxious
pernicious
shattering
suicidal
unfortunate
wasteful
withering
wrackful

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