Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tire
nountiring (countable and uncountable, plural tirings)
plural tirings
adjectivetiring (comparative more tiring, superlative most tiring)
comparative more tiring · superlative most tiring
- That tires or tire.
Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring.
Synonyms: draining, tiresome, draining, exhausting, exhaustive, fatiguing, grueling, tiresome
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat tires or tire.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveproducing exhaustion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُتْعِب, شَاق
- مُتْعِب (mutʕib)that tires or tire
- شَاق (šāq)that tires or tire
Basque nekagarri
- nekagarrithat tires or tire
Bulgarian умори́телен
- умори́телен (umorítelen)that tires or tire
Catalan cansat, cansada
- cansatthat tires or tire
- cansadathat tires or tire
- fatigósthat tires or tire
- fatigosathat tires or tire
- esgotadorthat tires or tire
- esgotadorathat tires or tire
- cansósthat tires or tire
- cansosathat tires or tire
Chinese Mandarin 吃力, 累人
- 吃力 (chīlì)that tires or tire
- 累人 (lèirén)that tires or tire
Czech únavný
- únavnýthat tires or tire
Dutch vermoeiend
- vermoeiendthat tires or tire
Finnish väsyttävä, uuvuttava
- väsyttäväthat tires or tire
- uuvuttavathat tires or tire
- rasittavathat tires or tire
French fatigant
- fatigantthat tires or tire
German ermüdend, anstrengend
- ermüdendthat tires or tire
- anstrengendthat tires or tire
Greek κουραστικός
- κουραστικός (kourastikós)that tires or tire
Hindi थकाऊ
- थकाऊ (thakāū)that tires or tire
Hungarian fárasztó, kimerítő
- fárasztóthat tires or tire
- kimerítőthat tires or tire
Italian faticoso, faticosa
- faticosothat tires or tire
- faticosathat tires or tire
- stanchevolethat tires or tire
Japanese 疲れさせる
- 疲れさせる (tsukaresaseru)that tires or tire
Korean 피곤하게 만들다
- 피곤하게 만들다 (pigonhage mandeulda)that tires or tire
Norwegian Bokmål slitsom
- slitsomthat tires or tire
Polish męczący
- męczącythat tires or tire
Portuguese cansativo, desgastante
- cansativothat tires or tire
- desgastantethat tires or tire
Romanian obositor
- obositorthat tires or tire
Russian утоми́тельный, изнури́тельный
- утоми́тельный (utomítelʹnyj)that tires or tire
- изнури́тельный (iznurítelʹnyj)that tires or tire
Slovak únavný
- únavnýthat tires or tire
Spanish agotador, cansado
- agotadorthat tires or tire
- cansadothat tires or tire
- cansadorthat tires or tire
- fatigosothat tires or tire
- pesadothat tires or tire
- agobiantethat tires or tire
- cansinothat tires or tire
Ukrainian сто́мливий
- сто́мливий (stómlyvyj)that tires or tire
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tiring
requiringhiringwiringfiringinspiringretiringaspiringdesiringexpiringinquiringadmiringconspiringenquiringuninspiringrewiringuntiringquiringperspiringmisfiringrehiringsiringattiringprehiringrefiring
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“tiring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiring. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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