Standard Lemma guide

tiring

adj · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪəɹɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That tires or tire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: draining, tiresome, exhausting, exhaustive, fatiguing, grueling, tiring, weariful, wearing, wearisome, weary

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The action of tiring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of tire

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

producing exhaustion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an exhausting march
  • the visit was especially wearing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exhausting, wearing, wearying

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتْعِب (mutʕib) — that tires or tire
  • Arabic: شَاق (šāq) — that tires or tire
  • Basque: nekagarri — that tires or tire
  • Belarusian: уто́мны (utómny) — that tires or tire
  • Belarusian: сто́мны (stómny) — that tires or tire
  • Bulgarian: умори́телен (umorítelen) — that tires or tire
  • Catalan: cansat — that tires or tire
  • Catalan: cansada — that tires or tire
  • Catalan: fatigós — that tires or tire
  • Catalan: fatigosa — that tires or tire
  • Catalan: esgotador — that tires or tire
  • Catalan: esgotadora — that tires or tire
  • Catalan: cansós — that tires or tire
  • Catalan: cansosa — that tires or tire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吃力 (chīlì) — that tires or tire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 累人 (lèirén) — that tires or tire
  • Czech: únavný — that tires or tire
  • Dutch: vermoeiend — that tires or tire
  • Finnish: väsyttävä — that tires or tire
  • Finnish: uuvuttava — that tires or tire
  • Finnish: rasittava — that tires or tire
  • French: fatigant — that tires or tire
  • German: ermüdend — that tires or tire
  • German: anstrengend — that tires or tire
  • Greek: κουραστικός (kourastikós) — that tires or tire
  • Greenlandic: qasunarpoq — that tires or tire
  • Hindi: थकाऊ (thakāū) — that tires or tire
  • Hungarian: fárasztó — that tires or tire
  • Hungarian: kimerítő — that tires or tire
  • Italian: faticoso — that tires or tire
  • Italian: faticosa — that tires or tire
  • Italian: stanchevole — that tires or tire
  • Japanese: 疲れさせる (tsukaresaseru) — that tires or tire
  • Korean: 피곤하게 만들다 (pigonhage mandeulda) — that tires or tire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slitsom — that tires or tire
  • Polish: męczący — that tires or tire
  • Portuguese: cansativo — that tires or tire
  • Portuguese: desgastante — that tires or tire
  • Romanian: obositor — that tires or tire
  • Russian: утоми́тельный (utomítelʹnyj) — that tires or tire
  • Russian: изнури́тельный (iznurítelʹnyj) — that tires or tire
  • Slovak: únavný — that tires or tire
  • Spanish: agotador — that tires or tire
  • Spanish: cansado — that tires or tire
  • Spanish: cansador — that tires or tire
  • Spanish: fatigoso — that tires or tire
  • Spanish: pesado — that tires or tire
  • Spanish: agobiante — that tires or tire
  • Spanish: cansino — that tires or tire
  • Ukrainian: сто́мливий (stómlyvyj) — that tires or tire