wearing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɛːɾɪŋ/ (Wales)
- /ˈweːɾɪŋɡ/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
- wârʹĭng without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈweɹɪŋ/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈweəɹɪŋ/ without the cheer–chair merger
- /ˈwɛːɹɪŋ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈwiəɹɪŋ/ cheer–chair merger
- /ˈwɛːɹɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
- wĕrʹĭng Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈweːɹɪŋ/ (Australia)
- /ˈwɜːɹɪŋɡ/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- (US) audio Mmmm
- /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/ Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈweɾɪŋ/ (Scotland)
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Intended to be worn.
Clothes used to be called wearing apparel.
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Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience.
[The biography] also displays a rather wearing fidelity to chronology that gives rise to too many summer holidays at the beginning of the book and too many royalty statements towards the end.
2014 August 17, Jonathan Beckman, “Chasing Lost Time: the Life of C K Scott Moncrieff, Soldier, Spy and Translator by Jean Findlay, review”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
- Causing erosion.
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That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.
Comparison of the four bogie designs shows that the Rugby-built A.E.I. bogie has the least number of components and a minimum of metallic wearing surfaces.
1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 727:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most wearing | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more wearing | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
draining · weariful · wearing · fatiguing · tiresome · weary · grueling · draining · exhausting · exhaustive · tiring · tiresome · wearisome
Translations (12)
bg уморителен (causing tiredness) · fi kuluttava (causing erosion) · mi whakahōhā (causing tiredness) · bg изтощителен (causing tiredness) · fi kuluttava (causing tiredness) · de Tragen (intended to be worn) · uk носіння одягу (intended to be worn) · uk стомливий (causing tiredness) · fi väsyttävä (causing tiredness) · it indossare (intended to be worn) · fi uuvuttava (causing tiredness) · ja 疲れる (causing tiredness)