exhausting

[ ig-zaw-sting ]

adjective

1. producing or tending to produce fatigue, weariness, or the like:

   an exhausting day; an exhausting child.

Other Words From

• ex·hausting·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of exhausting¹

First recorded in 1530–40; exhaust + -ing ²

Related Words

• debilitating
• draining
• taxing
• tiresome