tiring

Synonyms for tiring

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adjective. active, on the go

adjective. active, on the go

adjective. active, on the go

adjective. languid

Word Origin & History

"to weary," also "to become weary," Old English teorian (Kentish tiorian), of unknown origin, not found outside English. Related: Tired; tiring.

The perpetual bizarre beauty of the scene was tiring to the youth.

Kirsty was in no danger of tiring of the even flow of her life.

That's what is good, after tiring one's self out for twenty years!

His had been a tiring day and the strain upon his own nerves not slight.

That 'tiring' business is some more of that doctor's foolishness.

Of Esther he could not think, save in a tiring, bewildered way.

A tiring woman will wait upon you to robe you for your bridal.

The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.

It had been a long job—and a tiring one—but it was almost over.

He saw that she was tiring, but he did not offer any help, for he knew that she was a sportsman.