Synonyms for fatiguing
- adjective
Example sentences
- exhausting The run up the river can be exhausting for salmon.
- tiring Do you really think it would be tiring to do that?
- arduous She went through a long and arduous vocational course.
- wearisome The work required to investigate that is boring and wearisome.
- tedious The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.
- tiresome I never, ever want to do that tiresome work again.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fatiguing | steady | |
| exhausting | rising | |
| tiring | rising | |
| arduous | steady | |
| wearisome | steady | |
| tedious | 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
- laborious4, wearisome3
- 10 letters
- exhausting3
- 11 letters
- fatiguesome
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tiring2 = 2 syllables).