wearying
Sapping one's strength
Wearying describes something that causes fatigue, exhaustion, or a loss of patience and interest.
A wearying task drains your energy; a wearying conversation tests your endurance.
The word works as both an adjective and the present participle of the verb weary: The constant delays were wearying to everyone involved.
Unlike merely tiring, wearying often suggests a gradual, cumulative effect that wears you down over time.
Depleting one's reserves
- depletingProgressively using up
- enervatingCausing loss of vigor
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- taxingRequiring great effort
debilitating · grueling · arduous · laborious · fatiguing · tiring · wearing · strenuous
Boring through length
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- humdrumLacking variety or excitement
- dullLacking edge or interest
- boringFailing to engage interest
unvarying · routine · mundane · dreary · wearisome · sameness · monotonous · plodding
Laborious persistent effort
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- grindCrush into particles
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- choresRoutine household tasks
plodding · routine · hardship · workload · overwork · travail · menial · unrewarding
State of utter depletion
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- languorWeary, dreamy fatigue
- enervationLoss of vigor
listlessness · prostration · debility · malaise · torpor · inertia · collapse · spent
Weary disinterest from monotony
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- dullnessLack of stimulation
- tediousnessQuality of causing weariness
- wearisomenessQuality of causing fatigue
banality · repetitiveness · stagnation · vapidness · dreariness · lifelessness · joylessness · colorlessness
draining
Depleting one's reserves
- depletingProgressively using up
- enervatingCausing loss of vigor
- sappingGradually draining vitality
taxing · debilitating · grueling · arduous · laborious · fatiguing · tiring · wearing · strenuous · burdensome
tedious
Boring through length
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- humdrumLacking variety or excitement
- dullLacking edge or interest
boring · unvarying · routine · mundane · dreary · wearisome · sameness · monotonous · plodding · stale
slog
Laborious persistent effort
chores · plodding · routine · hardship · workload · overwork · travail · menial · unrewarding · thankless
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- languorWeary, dreamy fatigue
enervation · listlessness · prostration · debility · malaise · torpor · inertia · collapse · spent · drained
boredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- dullnessLack of stimulation
- tediousnessQuality of causing weariness
wearisomeness · banality · repetitiveness · stagnation · vapidness · dreariness · lifelessness · joylessness · colorlessness
- exhaustingdraining, taxing, tiring, exhausting, fatiguing
- tedioustedious, tiresome, wearisome, boring, monotonous
wearyinginvigorating
Imparting fresh energy
refreshing · energizing · revitalizing · rejuvenating · restorative
wearyingriveting
Completely holding one's attention
gripping · engrossing · captivating · fascinating · enthralling