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ex·haust·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. draining, exhaustingadjective

    having a debilitating effect

    "an exhausting job in the hot sun"

  2. exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearyingadjective

    producing exhaustion

    "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

Wiktionary

  1. exhaustingadjective

    Very tiring.

Wikipedia

  1. exhausting

    Fatigue describes a state of tiredness or exhaustion. In general usage, fatigue often follows prolonged physical or mental activity. When fatigue occurs independently of physical or mental exertion, or does not resolve after rest or sleep, it may have other causes, such as a medical condition.Fatigue (in a medical context) often has no known cause, and is recognised as being complex in nature. Fatigue may be associated with conditions of chronic pain such as fibromyalgia, and with many other conditions, including autoimmune diseases. It can also be associated with mental disorders such as depression.Fatigue (in the general usage sense of normal tiredness) can include both physical and mental fatigue. Physical fatigue results from muscle fatigue brought about by intense physical activity. Mental fatigue results from prolonged periods of cognitive activity which impairs cognitive ability. Mental fatigue can manifest as sleepiness, lethargy, or directed attention fatigue. Mental fatigue can also impair physical performance.

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  1. exhausting

    Exhausting refers to something that causes extreme tiredness or fatigue, typically as a result of extreme physical or mental effort. This could pertain to activities, tasks, situations, or even people that drain energy and make one feel worn out or depleted.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exhausting

    of Exhaust

  2. Exhaustingadjective

    producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of exhausting in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of exhausting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of exhausting in a Sentence

  1. Erica Bartlett:

    I discovered that having such a negative focus was really exhausting, it takes a lot of energy to constantly criticize yourself.

  2. Billie Eilish:

    These are things you would never notice if you’re just having a conversation with me, but for me, they’re very exhausting.

  3. Henry Adams:

    You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day a long strain on one's nerves like toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength.

  4. Royals Manager Ned Yost:

    It's the World Series. Nobody gets much sleep, it's kind of exhausting, but it's exhilarating at the same time.

  5. Photographer Nima Taradji:

    It has to be exhausting.

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