EXHAUSTING Synonyms

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

• difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• requiring full use of your abilities or resources

• stimulating interest or thought

• disturbingly provocative

• impairing the strength and vitality

• requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill

• having a debilitating effect

• causing debilitation

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• resulting in punishment

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• characterized by or performed with much energy or force

• taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

• not easily borne; wearing

• producing exhaustion

• (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

• the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment

• producing exhaustion

• producing exhaustion

• temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

• used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress

• (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something

• labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)

• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

• a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

• deplete

• excavate the earth beneath

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• spend extravagantly

• destroy completely

• use up (resources or materials)

• engage fully

• a regular route for a sentry or policeman

• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

• a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

• the sound of stroke or blow

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• a regular rate of repetition

• a stroke or blow

• the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

• very tired

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

• hit repeatedly

• move rhythmically

• shape by beating

• make a rhythmic sound

• glare or strike with great intensity

• move with a thrashing motion

• sail with much tacking or with difficulty

• stir vigorously

• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

• be superior

• avoid paying

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

• move with a flapping motion

• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• make by pounding or trampling

• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

• beat through cleverness and wit

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• wear out completely

• use up (resources or materials)