wearing - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | wearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiring |
| Synonyms: | draining, exhausting |
| Main Entry: | wear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be clothed in |
| Synonyms: | array, attire, bear, carry, cover, display, don, draw on, effect, exhibit, get on, harness, put on, show, sport, turn out*, wrap, be dressed in, clothe oneself, dress in, fit out, get into, have on, slip on, suit up |
| Notes: | ware is an item bought or a piece of pottery; wear is erosion; and where is a place |
| Antonyms: | disrobe, take off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrode, use |
| Synonyms: | abrade, chafe, consume, crumble, cut down, decay, decline, decrease, deteriorate, diminish, drain, dwindle, erode, exhaust, fade, fatigue, fray, gall, graze, grind, impair, overwork, rub, scrape, shrink, tax, tire, waste, wear out, weary, weather, be worthless, become threadbare, become worn, go to seed, jade, overuse, scrape off, scuff, use up, wash away, wear thin |
| Antonyms: | freshen, rebuild, refresh |
| Main Entry: | wear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, undermine |
| Synonyms: | annoy, drain, enervate, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, harass, irk, pester, reduce, tax, vex, weaken, wear down, weary, get the better of |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, please |
| Main Entry: | wear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | bear up, hold up, last, remain, stand, be durable, stand up |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | burdensome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome |
| Synonyms: | demanding, difficult, disturbing, exacting, exigent, heavy*, irksome, onerous, oppressive, taxing, tough, trying, wearing, weighty, carking, crushing, superincumbent, wearying |
| Antonyms: | helpful, helping, aiding, relieving, unburdensome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demanding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | challenging, urgent |
| Synonyms: | ambitious, bothersome, clamorous, critical, dictatorial, difficult, exacting, exigent, fussy, grievous, hard, imperious, importunate, insistent, onerous, oppressive, pressing, querulous, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, weighty, backbreaker, exhausting, nagging |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, trivial, unchallenging, undemanding |
| Main Entry: | taxing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | burdensome |
| Synonyms: | demanding, difficult, disturbing, exacting, exigent, grievous, heavy, onerous, oppressive, punishing, tedious, tiring, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, wearisome, weighty, enervating, sapping, stressful |
| Antonyms: | easy, untroubling |
| Main Entry: | tiresome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating, exasperating |
| Synonyms: | annoying, arduous, boring, burdensome, demanding, difficult, drag, dragging, dull, exacting, flat, hard, heavy, hefty, humdrum, irksome, laborious, monotonous, onerous, oppressive, strenuous, tedious, tired, tiring, too much*, tough, trying, uninteresting, vexatious, wearing, wearisome, yawn*, a bit much, boresome, drudging, enervative, exhausting, fatiguing, ho-hum, jading, nowhere, uncool, unrelieved, wearying |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, fun, nice, stimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tired |
| Synonyms: | beat*, bored, bushed, dead*, discontented, disgusted, done in*, drained, drooping, drowsy, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, fed up, impatient, indifferent, jaded, overworked, pooped*, punchy*, sick, sleepy, spent*, taxed, wearing, worn out, zonked*, all in, bone-tired, burned out, dead tired, dog-tired, fagged, flagging, had it, knocked out, out of gas, ready to drop, sick and tired, wearied, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | energetic, fresh, lively, activated, untired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laborious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, difficult |
| Synonyms: | arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, forced, heavy, herculean*, labored, onerous, operose, ponderous, stiff, strained, strenuous, tiresome, toilsome, tough, wearing, wearisome, wicked*, effortful, fatiguing, rough go, tough job |
| Antonyms: | easy, effortless, facile, simple, trivial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, exhausting |
| Synonyms: | Herculean*, arduous, backbreaking, bothersome, burdensome, complicated, demanding, distressing, exacting, formidable, grinding, hairy*, heavy*, intricate, involved, irksome, knotty*, labored, laborious, mean, merciless, murder, onerous, operose, rigorous, rough, rugged, scabrous, serious, severe, slavish, sticky, strenuous, terrible, tiring, toilsome, tough, troublesome, unsparing, uphill*, wearing, wearisome, difficile, effortful, fatiguing, toilful, uphill battle, wearying |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, mild, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scrape |
| Synonyms: | chafe, erode, grate, rub, triturate, wear, wear down, rub off, scuff |
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause weariness, disinterest |
| Synonyms: | afflict, annoy, be tedious, bend one's ear, bother, burn out, cloy, discomfort, drag, exhaust, fatigue, irk, irritate, jade, pall, pester, put to sleep, send to sleep, talk one's ear off, tire, trouble, turn one off, vex, wear, wear out, weary, worry |
| Antonyms: | amuse, charm, excite, interest, please |
| Main Entry: | chafe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rub, grind against |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, inflame, irritate, peel, ruffle, scrape, scratch, skin, wear |
| Main Entry: | drain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove liquid; remove supply |
| Synonyms: | abate, bankrupt, bleed, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, finish, get rid of, impoverish, lessen, milk*, pump, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, swallow, tap, tax, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw, bleed dry, catheterize, draw off, drink up, filter off, free from, get last drop, gulp down, pump out, suck dry, tire out, use up |
| Antonyms: | fill, pour |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, spruce up, trim, turn out, wear, bundle up, fit out, slip into, slip on, suit up |
| Antonyms: | bare, disrobe, undress, lay bare, unclothe |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue; be durable |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, bide, carry on, cling, exist, go on, hang on*, hold, hold out, last, linger, live, outlast, outlive, persist, prevail, remain, stand, stay, survive, sustain, wear, be left, be long lived, be timeless, carry through, have no end, hold on, keep on, live on, never say die, perdure, ride out*, run on, stay on, stick to, superannuate, wear on, wear well |
| Antonyms: | discontinue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shred, come apart |
| Synonyms: | chafe, erode, frazzle, fret, ravel, rip, rub, tear, unravel, wear, become ragged, become threadbare, tatter, wear away, wear thin |
| Main Entry: | frazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wear out |
| Synonyms: | exhaust, fray, knock out, prostrate, rip, shred, tear, tire, wear, poop, tucker* |
| Antonyms: | maintain, preserve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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