tiring
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tire 1
(tīr)v. tired, tir·ing, tires
v.intr.
1. To lose energy or strength; grow weary: When you're sick, you tend to tire easily.
2. To grow bored or impatient: The audience tired after the first 30 minutes of the movie.
v.tr.
1. To diminish the energy or strength; fatigue: The long walk tired me.
2. To exhaust the interest or patience of.
Synonyms: tire1, weary, fatigue, exhaust
These verbs mean to cause or undergo depletion of energy, strength, or interest. Tire often suggests a state resulting from exertion, excess, dullness, or ennui: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" (Samuel Johnson).
Weary often implies dissatisfaction, as that resulting from what is irksome or boring: found the long journey wearying; soon wearied of their constant bickering. Fatigue implies great weariness, as that caused by stress or overwork: "fatigued by an endless rotation of thought and wild alarms" (Mary Wollstonecraft).
To exhaust means to wear out completely, and it connotes total draining of physical or emotional strength: "Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners" (Oscar Wilde)."Following a similar 'tempest' he had ... actually apologized to me for his misbehavior ... Scenes such as I had just been a participant in fractured my spirit, exhausted me" (William Styron).
These verbs mean to cause or undergo depletion of energy, strength, or interest. Tire often suggests a state resulting from exertion, excess, dullness, or ennui: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" (Samuel Johnson).
Weary often implies dissatisfaction, as that resulting from what is irksome or boring: found the long journey wearying; soon wearied of their constant bickering. Fatigue implies great weariness, as that caused by stress or overwork: "fatigued by an endless rotation of thought and wild alarms" (Mary Wollstonecraft).
To exhaust means to wear out completely, and it connotes total draining of physical or emotional strength: "Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners" (Oscar Wilde)."Following a similar 'tempest' he had ... actually apologized to me for his misbehavior ... Scenes such as I had just been a participant in fractured my spirit, exhausted me" (William Styron).
tire 2
(tīr)n.
1. A covering for a wheel, usually made of rubber reinforced with cords of nylon, fiberglass, or other material and filled with compressed air.
2. A hoop of metal or rubber fitted around a wheel.
[Middle English, iron rim of a wheel, probably from tir, attire, short for atire, from attiren, to attire; see attire.]
tire 3
(tīr) Archaictr.v. tired, tir·ing, tires
To adorn or attire.
n.
1. Attire.
2. A headband or headdress.
[Middle English tiren, short for attiren, to attire; see attire.]
tiresome
– tiring1. 'tiresome'
You say that someone or something is tiresome when they make you feel annoyed, irritated, or bored.
She can be a very tiresome child at times.
I really came to ask you some rather tiresome questions.
2. 'tiring'
Something which is tiring makes you feel tired.
We should have an early night after such a tiring day.
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| Adj. | 1. |  tiring - producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"effortful - requiring great physical effort |
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adjectiveCausing fatigue:
Translations
مُتْعِبمُنْهِك
únavný
trættende
väsyttävä
zamoran
òreytandi, lÿjandi
疲れる
피로하게 하는
naporen
tröttsam
น่าเหน็ดเหนื่อย
mệt mỏi
tiring
adj → anstrengend, ermüdend; looking after 6 children under 5 is tiring → es ist sehr anstrengend or es macht (einen) sehr müde, auf 6 Kinder unter 5 Jahren aufzupassen; this is tiring work/a tiring job → diese Arbeit ist anstrengend
tiring
[ˈtaɪərɪŋ] adj → faticoso/atire2
(ˈtaiə) verb to make, or become, physically or mentally in want of rest, because of lack of strength, patience, interest etc; to weary. Walking tired her; She tires easily.
tired adjective1. wearied; exhausted. She was too tired to continue; a tired child.
2. (with of) no longer interested in; bored with. I'm tired of (answering) stupid questions!
ˈtiredness nounˈtireless adjective
never becoming weary or exhausted; never resting. a tireless worker; tireless energy/enthusiasm.
ˈtirelessly adverbˈtirelessness noun
ˈtiresome adjective
troublesome; annoying.
ˈtiresomely adverbˈtiresomeness noun
ˈtiring adjective
causing (physical) tiredness. I've had a tiring day; The journey was very tiring.
tire out to tire or exhaust completely. The hard work tired her out.
tiring
→ مُنْهِك únavný trættende ermüdend κουραστικός agotador väsyttävä fatigant zamoran stancante 疲れる 피로하게 하는 vermoeiend trøttende męczący cansativo утомительный tröttsam น่าเหน็ดเหนื่อย yorucu mệt mỏi 累人的tir·ing
a. agotador-a, que cansa o fatiga.