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Synonyms for exhausting

16 synonyms
8 antonyms
1 meaning

adjective

Most common

tiring arduous tiresome grueling

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Tiring

tiring, arduous, tiresome, grueling, difficult, hard, wearisome, gruelling UK, fatiguing, wearing, weariful, tedious, laborious, toilsome

Other

draining, debilitating

Antonyms

refreshing, invigorating, energizing

All antonyms of exhausting →

Definitions

adj. 1
Very tiring.

Example sentences

tiring Do you really think it would be tiring to do that?
arduous She went through a long and arduous vocational course.
tiresome I never, ever want to do that tiresome work again.
grueling Fyodor endured the noise for ten grueling minutes.
draining Shitting liquid is also known as draining the swamp.
debilitating She suffers from a debilitating case of alcoholism.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
exhausting		rising
tiring		rising
arduous		steady
tiresome		steady
grueling		rising
draining		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: hard¹
6 letters: tiring²
7 letters: wearing², tedious³, arduous³
8 letters: draining², tiresome³, grueling³, toilsome, weariful
9 letters: difficult³, laborious⁴, gruelling, fatiguing³, wearisome³
12 letters: debilitating⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tiring² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: épuisant
Italiano: estenuante
Deutsch: strapaziös