wearing

  • 41wearing apparel — noun clothing in general she was refined in her choice of apparel he always bought his clothes at the same store fastidious about his dress • Syn: ↑apparel, ↑dress, ↑clothes • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 42wearing course — noun : the surface layer of a pavement that takes the wear of traffic * * * wearing course noun The upper layer of a bitumen or asphalt road or pavement • • • Main Entry: ↑wear …

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  • 43wearing — 1. adjective a) intended to be worn b) causing tiredness 2. noun the mechanical process of eroding or grinding …

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  • 44wearing — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tiring, exhausting, nerve racking, jolting, hard, difficult, long, endless, discomforting, upsetting. Ant. stimuLating*, invigorating, bracing. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tiring, exhausting, fatiguing, taxing,… …

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  • 45wearing — adjective mentally or physically tiring. → wear …

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  • 46wearing — adjective See wearisome …

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  • 47wearing — adjective Syn: tiring, exhausting, wearying, fatiguing, enervating, draining, sapping, demanding, exacting, taxing, gruelling, punishing …

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  • 48wearing — [ˈweərɪŋ] adj making you physically or mentally tired …

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  • 49wearing — /ˈwɛərɪŋ / (say wairring) adjective 1. relating to or made for wear. 2. gradually impairing or wasting. 3. wearying or exhausting. {wear1 + ing2} –wearingly, adverb …

  • 50wearing apparel — clothing; garments. [1610 20] * * * …

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