exhausting

[ ig-zaw-sting ]

adjective

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

   an exhausting day; an exhausting child.

Other Word Forms

• ex·hausting·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of exhausting¹

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

Example Sentences

Things close with some of the morning crew sitting at a park, coming down from an exhausting shift, and they’re reflecting on the beauty and chaos of the job and what keeps them coming back.

From Los Angeles Times

They say it has been an exhausting five years.

From BBC

He told BBC News the detention of his parents - who have lived in Afghanistan for 18 years and ran education projects - had been "harrowing and exhausting" for their family.

From BBC

It can also result in plants being killed before they have time to mature and produce a lot of seeds, exhausting the seed bank and hindering recovery, Becker said.

From Los Angeles Times

On set, it was said he could be petulant and exhausting, an attitude that alienated directors and his co-stars, including Marlon Brando on the set of “The Island of Dr. Moreau.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• debilitating
• draining
• taxing
• tiresome