Tiring is an adjective that is derived from the word tire and it is used to describe things that make people feel tired. People need to work every day, and working can make people tired.
Being tired is a common experience as humans become tired and need rest. Other than physical activity, emotional stress, boredom and lack of sleep can also be tiring.
Examples
- Writing my doctoral dissertation was very tiring that after I have submitted it I had to sleep for two days straight
- Taking care of children and doing housework can be extremely tiring.
Dialog:
Roy: Hey, Joel. Do you have time Saturday night? I and some colleagues are planning to go to the beach and have some fun.
Joel: Oh, I would really love to, but my wife will be out of town this weekend and I will need to take care of our children.
Roy: Well, next weekend, we hope you can come with us. Working here in the office for 40 hours a week is really tiring and we need time to relax.
Joel: Yeah, I agree with you. But spending time with my kids is relaxing for me, so I am looking forward to the weekend.
Roy: You must be a great dad to say that. I think taking care of children, especially toddlers is quire tiring.
Joel: My kids are well-behaved and they are teenagers, so we can play together.
Roy: Good for you. Well, see you on Monday and have a great weekend.
Other words you can create from tiring:
Tired
Is an adjective that is used to describe someone who is needing to rest or sleep.
Tiredness
Is a noun which refers to the state of wishing to sleep or rest.
Tiresome
Is an adjective that is used to describe something that is causing one to feel bored or annoyed.
Tire
Is a verb; feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.
Tireless
Is an adjective that is used to describe someone who has great effort or energy.
Tirelessly
Is an adverb that is used to describe an action that is done with great effort or energy.
Collocations:
Here are some adverbs that often go together with tiring:
Quite tiring
Extremely tiring
Very tiring
Swiftly tiring
Too tiring
Far tiring
Always tiring
Particularly tiring
Even tiring
Related phrasal verbs:
Tired of (doing) something
Not feeling excited or enthusiastic about something; bored of something
- I’m tired of reading news about politics.
- Joey is tired of listening to his friend’s complaints about their company.
Bored with
Is an adjective that is used to describe when someone is feeling weary because they don’t have things to do or they have no interest in their current activity.
- I was so bored with my life when I just had my surgery.
Tire someone out
To deplete the strength or energy of someone or something.
- The marathon tired me out.
Related idioms:
Wagged out
This refers to a condition when a person’s act becomes tedious, stale, monotonous and boring. As a result, no one will pay attention to him anymore. Much like the dog who wagged his tail so much that it fell off!
- My boss was so wagged out that he started talking about a comedy movie at the middle of our meeting.
White-eyed
This means exhausted or worn out. A quote from the Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English says the phrase “began as a description of one who became faint from fieldwork in the sun and gets pale around the eyes and mouth.”
- After working 18 hours straight, he became white-eyed.
Sent for and couldn’t come
It is used to describe someone who is feeling indisposed or exhausted.
- These days, I feel like I was sent for and couldn’t come.
Coopered up
When you’re stiff, unable to move, or just plain exhausted, you’re coopered up. The term is “from the days of barrel making or coopering”.
- My son wanted my wife’s help for his homework but she is coopered up.
Flax out
Become tired or weary. This is used in England and Ohio.
- I usually flax out on rainy days, maybe it’s a psychological thing.
Synonyms of tiring are:
Exhausting
Backbreaking
Grueling
Taxing
Burdensome
Fatiguing
Formidable
Laborious
Toilsome
Rigorous
Onerous
Arduous
Strenuous
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