Adjective: exhausting ig'zos-ting or eg'zos-ting
- Producing exhaustion
"an exhausting march";
- tiring, wearing, wearying
- Having a debilitating effect
"an exhausting job in the hot sun";
- draining
- Use up the whole supply of
"We have exhausted the food supplies"
- Deplete, exhaust or weaken
"exhaust one's savings";
- run down, play out, sap, tire
- Wear out completely
"This kind of work exhausts me";
- wash up, beat [informal], tucker [N. Amer, informal], tucker out [N. Amer, informal]
- Utilize or spend available resources or supplies
"We exhausted our savings";
- consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, run through, wipe out, use, expend
- Eliminate (a substance)
"combustion products are exhausted in the engine";
- discharge, expel, eject, release
- Bring out, discuss or develop completely
"to exhaust a subject"
See also: debilitating, effortful
Type of: drop, eliminate, empty, expend, fag [informal], fag out [Brit, informal], fatigue, jade, knacker [Brit, informal], obviate, outwear, rid of, spend, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary
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