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exhausting en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪɡˈzɔ(ː)stɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auziō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust English -ing English exhausting From exhaust + -ing.

Meanings

  1. Very tiring.
    • This task is exhausting!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more exhausting Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most exhausting Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

exhaustingness · exhaustingly

Synonyms

draining · fatiguing · weariful · wearing · exhausting · draining · tiresome · grueling · wearisome · weary · tiring · exhaustive · tiresome

Translations (36)

hi थकाऊ (Very tiring) · de strapaziös (Very tiring) · grc κοπώδης (Very tiring) · it sfibrante (Very tiring) · it spossante (Very tiring) · km យ៉ាប់ (Very tiring) · fr éreintant (Very tiring) · nl uitputtend (Very tiring) · el εξαντλητικός (Very tiring) · it snervante (Very tiring) · fi uuvuttava (Very tiring) · ro epuizant (Very tiring) · ro obositor (Very tiring) · fr exténuant (Very tiring) · pl wyczerpujący (Very tiring) · es agotador (Very tiring) · es extenuador (Very tiring) · it estenuante (Very tiring) · it faticoso (Very tiring) · nl vermoeiend (Very tiring) · bg изтощителен (Very tiring) · el εξοντωτικός (Very tiring) · be знясі́льваючы (Very tiring) · fr usant (Very tiring) · ro extenuat (Very tiring) · it sfiancante (Very tiring) · de anstrengend (Very tiring) · mk исцрпен (Very tiring) · hu kimerítő (Very tiring) · io exhaustanta (Very tiring) · es extenuante (Very tiring) · hu fárasztó (Very tiring) · ru утоми́тельный (Very tiring) · fr épuisant (Very tiring) · es exhaustivo (Very tiring) · ru изнури́тельный (Very tiring)

exhausting en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪɡˈzɔ(ː)stɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auziō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust English -ing English exhausting From exhaust + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of exhaust
    form of exhaust