tiring
Leaving you spent
Tiring describes something that depletes your energy or patience.
A tiring day leaves you exhausted.
A tiring conversation wears you out.
The word applies equally to physical exertion and mental strain: The hike was tiring, Dealing with bureaucracy is tiring.
What's tiring for one person may not be for another.
Depleting one's reserves
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- depletingProgressively using up
- wearingHaving clothing on
- taxingRequiring great effort
enervating · debilitating · overwhelming · fatiguing · weakening · burning out · wiping out · frazzling
Wanting to doze
- drowsyNearly falling asleep
- soporificInducing drowsiness
- fatiguingCausing weariness or exhaustion
- somnolentInclined toward sleep
lulling · hypnotic · enervating · sedating · heavy-eyed · sleep-inducing · droopy · sluggish
Requiring great effort
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- punishingExtremely taxing or severe
- backbreakingExtremely physically demanding
rigorous · intense · relentless · brutal · tough · challenging · unforgiving · harsh
Requiring significant exertion
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
- toilsomeRequiring strenuous effort
- onerousInvolving excessive difficulty
- burdensomeDifficult to endure
heavy · hard · difficult · Herculean · uphill · time-consuming · grinding · slow
Unchangingly dull
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- mind-numbingExtremely tedious or monotonous
- boringFailing to engage interest
- dullLacking edge or interest
wearisome · dreary · humdrum · unstimulating · plodding · mundane · uninspiring · soul-crushing
draining
Depleting one's reserves
taxing · enervating · debilitating · overwhelming · fatiguing · weakening · burning out · wiping out · frazzling · knocking out
sleepy
Wanting to doze
somnolent · lulling · hypnotic · enervating · sedating · heavy-eyed · sleep-inducing · droopy · sluggish · yawn-inducing
demanding
Requiring great effort
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- punishingExtremely taxing or severe
backbreaking · rigorous · intense · relentless · brutal · tough · challenging · unforgiving · harsh · severe
effortful
Requiring significant exertion
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
- toilsomeRequiring strenuous effort
- onerousInvolving excessive difficulty
burdensome · heavy · hard · difficult · Herculean · uphill · time-consuming · grinding · slow · meticulous
monotonous
Unchangingly dull
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- mind-numbingExtremely tedious or monotonous
- boringFailing to engage interest
dull · wearisome · dreary · humdrum · unstimulating · plodding · mundane · uninspiring · soul-crushing · numbing
- adjectivesbig, urgent, amazing, temporary, bold
- exhaustingdraining, taxing, exhausting, fatiguing, wearying
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- giving outhanding out, sharing, donating, distributing, dispensing
- intensity levelshigh, low, moderate, medium, intense
tiringenergizing
Imparting renewed vitality
invigorating · refreshing · revitalizing · rejuvenating · restorative
tiringexciting
Arousing eager interest
interesting · engaging · captivating · stimulating · riveting
tiringeffortless
Requiring no strain
easy · restful · undemanding · relaxing · leisurely
- tiring outDepleting someone's stamina