- Exhausting
- Exhausting Ex*haust"ing, a. Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. -- {Ex*haust"ing}, adv. [1913 Webster]
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Exhausting
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Exhausting — Ex*haust ing, a. Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. {Ex*haust ing}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exhausting — index operose, oppressive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exhausting — exhaustive, exhausting Both words are derived from the verb exhaust, but relate to different meanings. Exhaustive relates to the meaning ‘use up the whole of’ (as in exhausting a supply) and means ‘thorough or comprehensive’: • We have all read… … Modern English usage
exhausting — exhaustingly, adv. /ig zaw sting/, adj. producing or tending to produce fatigue, weariness, or the like: an exhausting day; an exhausting child. [1530 40; EXHAUST + ING2] * * * … Universalium
exhausting — ex|haust|ing [ıgˈzo:stıŋ US ˈzo:s ] adj making you feel extremely tired ▪ an exhausting process ▪ It had been an exhausting day … Dictionary of contemporary English
exhausting — adjective 1. having a debilitating effect (Freq. 1) an exhausting job in the hot sun • Syn: ↑draining • Similar to: ↑debilitating 2. producing exhaustion an exhausting march … Useful english dictionary
Exhausting — Exhaust Ex*haust , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhausted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exhausting}.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.] 1. To draw or let out wholly; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exhausting — adjective Apt at exhausting ; very tiring … Wiktionary
exhausting — See exhaustive, exhausting … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
exhausting — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
