wear on
Slowly become tiresome
To wear on is to pass slowly and tediously.
Time wears on, conversations wear on, meetings wear on—the phrase suggests duration felt as a burden: As the afternoon wore on, I grew restless.
Something can also wear on a person, meaning it gradually exhausts or irritates them: The constant noise was wearing on her nerves.
Erode through friction
- corrodeDestroy through chemical action
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- degradationDecline in condition
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
weathering · decay · scour · fray · grind · chafe · erode · attrition
Tiresome lack of change
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- repetitionAct of redoing
sameness · dullness · routine · dreariness · tediousness · drag · grind · slog
abrade
Erode through friction
- corrodeDestroy through chemical action
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- degradationDecline in condition
friction · weathering · decay · scour · fray · grind · chafe · erode · attrition · sandblast
monotony
Tiresome lack of change
repetition · sameness · dullness · routine · dreariness · tediousness · drag · grind · slog · humdrum
continue
Go on without stopping
prolong · stretch · endure · crawl · plod · creep · proceed · advance · elapse
exhaust
Use up entirely
deplete · enervate · debilitate · frazzle · overwork · tax · grind down · run down · burn out · flag
wear onfly by
Swift aerial passage
come to a close · wrap up · come to an end · conclude · wind down
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