wearing out
Losing structural integrity
Wearing out is the process of becoming damaged or useless through prolonged use.
Shoes wear out, as do tires, joints, and welcome.
The phrase also means exhausting someone: The kids wore me out today.
To wear out one's welcome is to overstay or impose until hospitality turns to annoyance.
Grow worse over time
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- degradeLower in standing
- corrodeDestroy through chemical action
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
crumble · disintegrate · weather · abrade · oxidize · rust · rot · tarnish
Worn until transparent
- tatteredRipped and worn out
- raggedWorn to shreds
- shabbyWorn and neglected
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
frazzled · holey · moth-eaten · pilled · snagged · scuffed · distressed · patched
State of utter depletion
- tirednessState of needing rest
- wearinessState of being drained
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
depleting · overwork · enervation · debilitation · sapping · grinding down · running ragged · overtaxing
Intensely irritating
- tryingCausing strain or frustration
- testingExamining to evaluate
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
- annoyingCausing mild irritation
frustrating · aggravating · grating · nagging · pestering · badgering · hassling · hounding
deteriorate
Grow worse over time
erode · crumble · disintegrate · weather · abrade · oxidize · rust · rot · tarnish · decompose
threadbare
Worn until transparent
unraveling · frazzled · holey · moth-eaten · pilled · snagged · scuffed · distressed · patched · bald
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
draining · depleting · overwork · enervation · debilitation · sapping · grinding down · running ragged · overtaxing · overtiring
exasperating
Intensely irritating
- tryingCausing strain or frustration
- testingExamining to evaluate
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
annoying · frustrating · aggravating · grating · nagging · pestering · badgering · hassling · hounding · needling
- deterioratingdecaying, decomposing, degrading, rotting, eroding
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
- giving outsharing, donating, distributing, dispensing, doling
- erosionerosion, beach erosion, river erosion, soil erosion, glacial erosion
wearing outbrand new
Completely unused, just acquired
holding up · unused · new · pristine · mint condition
wearing outenergizing
Imparting renewed vitality
invigorating · refreshing · revitalizing · rejuvenating · recharging
wearing outbuilding up
Increasing gradually
strengthening · improving · developing · hardening · reinforcing
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