exhausting 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of exhaustingnext
1
as in stressful

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2
as in exhaustive

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exhausting

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verb

present participle of exhaust
1
as in tiring
to use up all the physical energy of the long day at the county fair had exhausted everyone

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2
as in draining
to make complete use of we had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhausting
  1. stressful
  2. exhaustive
  3. difficult
  4. inclusive
  5. consuming
  6. oppressive
  7. copious
  8. spending
Adjective
  • Tip: While self-assessing your skills for the new job, take into consideration your ability to manage stressful situations.
    Rosalba Carandente, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But finding the right person to present to the rest of the team and work with day in and day out is stressful.
    Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin, Contributor, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of stressful
Adjective
  • Traditionally, Emery uses exhaustive methods to instil his teaching into players and, off the field, prefers to keep a distance.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Bárbara Enríquez, the production designer, and Carolina Caicedo, the producer, are prime examples; both speak passionately about the exhaustive work done so far.
    Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhaustive
Adjective
  • An at least 200-year-old celebration of French and Mediterranean cuisine, macarons are renowned as the ‘impossible dessert,’ a result of the notoriously involved and difficult baking process.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The manual entry of damage to structures like bridges used to be very expensive and time-consuming, a complex process made even more difficult by the fact that data entry and analysis are performed by both the agency’s own staff and external companies.
    Stephanie Glenk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of difficult
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, a spokesman for the new transitional government told the Associated Press that the new Syria will be inclusive and open to the world.
    Sarah el Deeb and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Her confirmation was a defining moment of Biden’s presidency and underscored a campaign promise to create a more inclusive judiciary.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of inclusive
Verb
  • Some places allow raw milk sales for pet food, without a way to know who or what is consuming it.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The singer-songwriter has not hinted at what’s next, and there’s no timetable for an album or even more songs—but that’s not keeping Americans from not just consuming his work, but doing so in large numbers and new ways.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of consuming
Adjective
  • Earlier this year, two teenagers filed a class-action lawsuit against a Kentucky youth detention center and its administrators, claiming that they were subjected to oppressive isolation, denied basic hygiene, showers, and medications, and forced to listen to a toddler song.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Based on the classic Stephen King novel written under pen name Richard Bachman, The Running Man is set in an oppressive future where the government controls the media.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of oppressive
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  • But playing his character required wearing copious amounts of makeup and being covered head-to-toe in green faux fur and heavy prosthetics.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Oxygen began filling up the atmosphere in copious amounts, allowing life an opportunity to rapidly advance from simple microbes to complex, fascinating creatures in the Cambrian explosion.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of copious
Verb
  • Unless Moscow legally consents that the funds be used for that purpose, key European states will continue to object to spending them for fear of setting a dangerous precedent.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That $17 million tab includes spending on road, sewer and water improvements to make the site available for other development.
    Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of spending
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