What is another word for exhausting ?

Requiring or involving great mental or physical effort

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

like getting blood out of a stone

easier said than done

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

mystifying

nice

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

checkered^US

chequered^UK

flakey^US

flaky^UK

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“The secret is to start off gently and it might be best to think of cycling as a fun activity, rather than exhausting exercise.”

Adjective

Marked by strong and intense feelings or emotions

Adjective

nothing to write home about

Causing weariness through being boring or monotonous

colourless^UK

lackluster^US

lacklustre^UK

colorless^US

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

laboured^UK

labored^US

gray^US

grey^UK

flavourless^UK

flavorless^US

driveling^US

drivelling^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

meager^US

meagre^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

not amounting to much

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Adjective

Behaving, spoken or done in a determined and forceful way

full of determination

full of get-up-and-go

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

straight from the shoulder

intensely competitive

iron-willed

fiercely competitive

having killer instinct

energising^UK

energizing^US

full of vim and vigour

not beating about the bush

committed to the idea of

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

not backward in coming forward

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Adjective

environmentally unfriendly

Disastrous or destructive

unfavorable^US

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

too horrible for words

meagre^UK

meager^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

agonized^US

agonised^UK

gray^US

dour

grey^UK

exigent

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Verb

To be inspiring boredom

Verb

bringing someone to their knees

Expending or consuming by employing

utilizing^US

utilising^UK

siphoning^US

syphoning^UK

crippling financially

bringing to its knees

sucking the life out of

reducing to penury

making somebody skint

making insolvent

reducing to destitution

making penniless

making somebody broke

transporting

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“They adapt very well to an itinerant existence for a few weeks, setting up shop in various places, until they exhaust their stock of goods.”

Verb

wearing oneself to a shadow

Present participle for to cause to become tired, weary or fatigued

running into the ground

taking it out of

wearing oneself to a frazzle

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

sapping your strength

putting out of action

sapping the strength of

getting the better of

confining to a wheelchair

shrivelling^UK

shriveling^US

removing the sting from

reducing the powers of

bringing someone to their knees

reducing the power of

putting on the sick list

raining on someone's parade

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“Though Olivier was still utterly in love with her, her incessant demands were beginning to exhaust him.”

Verb

expounding in great detail about

Present participle for to study or delve into a subject thoroughly or completely

developing completely

treating thoroughly

doing to death

researching completely

studying in great detail

leaving no stone left unturned

leaving nothing left to say about

going over with a fine-tooth comb

saying all there is to say about

“Neither book gives the full story on Celebration, but between them, they pretty much exhaust a subject that is fairly easily exhausted.”

Verb

Present participle for to draw or let out

“Fans would direct collected gases to piping that would exhaust fumes to the outside atmosphere.”

Verb

throwing around like confetti

Present participle for to use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose

burning up

making poor use of

pouring down the drain

spending recklessly

spending freely

throwing down the drain

spending money as if there were no tomorrow

spending money as if it grows on trees

indulging oneself

kissing goodbye

spending money as if it were going out of style

spending money as if it were going out of fashion

wasting away

playing ducks and drakes with

suffering the loss of

spending money as if it grew on trees

spending as if there were no tomorrow

spending as if it grows on trees

spending as if it were going out of style

chucking something down the drain

liquidating

scattering

prodigalizing

pouring money down the drain

spending money like water

putting out

springing for

throwing money down the drain

throwing money around

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Present participle for to make excessive demands on

making heavy demands on

making excessive demands on

making severe demands on

putting great demands on

overstepping

fraying

using up

exceeding the limits of

exceeding the scope of

exceeding the range of

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Verb

consuming the contents of

Present participle for to cause to be empty or vacant

removing the contents of

running out

rushing out

throwing over the side

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making too many demands on

Present participle for to (excessively) exert for a particular task, purpose or goal

exerting to the limit

knocking oneself out

working too hard

pushing to the limit

running yourself into the ground

working oneself into the ground

driving into the ground

biting off more than you can chew

overusing

imposing excessive strain on

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Present participle for to treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly

Verb

Present participle for break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces

Verb

Present participle for to contract, or cause to contract, by removing air from

emptying the air out of

letting the air out

Verb