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What is another word for
wearing down
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▲
Verb
To be inspiring boredom
Present participle for to deteriorate in condition, especially due to repeated exposure or use
Present participle for to gradually exhaust or drain away
Present participle for to diminish to nothing
Present participle for to make someone tired
Breaking through
Present participle for to defeat or overcome
Present participle for to smooth by rubbing or applying friction
Present participle for to express or describe in exaggerated terms
Present participle for to convince, or cause to believe, through reason or argument
Noun
The process of scraping or wearing something away
The process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure
Adjective
Decreasing in amount
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Verb
▲
To be inspiring boredom
boring
exhausting
fatiguing
jading
tiring
wearing on
wearying
devitalizing
disinteresting
draining
enervating
flagging
growing weary on
sapping
turning off
wearing out
discomforting
hebetating
palling
palling on
stultifying
stupefying
vexing
wearing
annoying
putting to sleep
sending to sleep
leaving cold
bending one's ear
boring out of one's mind
boring rigid
boring stiff
boring stupid
boring to death
boring to tears
causing weariness
talking one's ear off
tuckering
overworking
tiring out
frazzling
weakening
breaking
dulling
numbing
putting off
making bored
benumbing
losing interest
vaporing
more ❯
“As was his wont, Medved tried primarily to
wear down
his opponent with continuous attacks.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deteriorate in condition, especially due to repeated exposure or use
wearing
eroding
overusing
breaking down
wearing away
wearing out
eating away
wasting away
corroding
eating away at
consuming
destroying
wasting
fretting
rotting
impairing
gnawing
nibbling
gnawing away
biting at
biting into
gnawing away at
weakening
damaging
abrading
diminishing
deteriorating
dissolving
eating
undermining
spoiling
biting
sapping
taking its toll
chipping away at
rusting
crumbling
corrupting
disintegrating
decaying
burning through
burning into
decomposing
doing a number on
chipping away
devouring
distressing
eating at
exhausting
dissipating
melting
liquefying
running through
worn through
weathering
lessening
breaking up
eating into
whittling away
grinding down
oxidizing
US
oxidating
tarnishing
scouring
cankering
flaking
oxidising
UK
undercutting
attacking
burning
searing
engraving
etching
washing away
denuding
ablating
vaporising
UK
scraping away
vaporizing
US
reducing
compromising
marring
crippling
emasculating
hindering
threatening
sabotaging
whittling
ruining
impeding
shaking
injuring
subverting
hurting
enfeebling
more ❯
“Over time the chemicals in the smoke will
wear down
the walls, and eventually, the walls will collapse and break.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to gradually exhaust or drain away
draining
depleting
dissipating
eroding
exhausting
bleeding
impoverishing
sapping
straining
undermining
overcoming
wearing away
bleeding dry
chipping away at
slowly diminishing
slowly lessening
slowly reducing
gradually overcoming
wasting
filtering off
freeing from
getting last drop
bankrupting
pumping out
taking up
siphoning
US
finishing
consuming
going through
getting rid of
expending
playing out
getting through
breaking
diverting
running through
emptying
tapping
sucking dry
syphoning
UK
devouring
drawing off
burning
spending
drying
using up
absorbing
drawing down
busting
swallowing up
catheterizing
milking
running out
emptying out
eating up
squandering
using
drawing
running up
finishing up
taking last of
frittering away
frivolling away
washing up
blowing through
running down
blowing
voiding
burning through
eating
utilizing
US
employing
diminishing
slashing
attenuating
having recourse to
utilising
UK
drying up
digging into
availing oneself of
throwing away
wearing out
putting to use
more ❯
“The foreigners arrive and slowly
wear down
the patience of the locals with their lack of self-control and obliviousness to the local customs.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to diminish to nothing
petering
checking
contracting
curbing
decaying
declining
degenerating
draining
drooping
dropping
easing
ebbing
fading
lowering
quieting
rebating
settling
shrinking
sinking
slashing
slumping
tapering
waning
wasting
abating
calming down
crumbling
curtailing
cutting down
depreciating
deteriorating
devaluating
dying down
diminishing
dropping off
drying up
dwindling
evaporating
falling off
lessening
letting up
lightening
losing edge
modifying
narrowing down
petering out
quelling
reducing
restraining
running low
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
slackening
slacking off
slowing down
softening
subsiding
tailing away
tailing off
weakening
wearing away
withering
decreasing
moderating
decrementing
de-escalating
falling
depressing
receding
relenting
plummetting
plummeting
plunging
minimizing
US
downsizing
dying away
ratcheting down
becoming smaller
phasing down
winding down
falling away
growing smaller
toning down
minimising
UK
tapering off
growing less
dying out
becoming less
downscaling
tempering
depleting
denting
slackening off
turning down
paring down
making less
knocking down
remitting
palling
draining away
decimating
blurring
mitigating
degrading
dampening
cutting
diluting
attenuating
blunting
impairing
deadening
alleviating
eroding
allaying
muting
palliating
muffling
damping
easing off
subduing
cushioning
taking the edge off
stifling
taking the bite out
putting a damper on
smothering
cutting back
squelching
soothing
dulling
taking the sting out
assuaging
abasing
rolling back
relaxing
fading away
coming to an end
vanishing
flagging
melting away
easing up
going downhill
dropping away
dying off
disappearing
minifying
trailing off
dissolving
failing
ceasing
quietening
slowing
clipping
trailing
cooling off
wasting away
limiting
dimming
trimming
scaling down
getting less
slaking
calming
nosediving
slacking
dialing down
closing
going down
bringing down
becoming weaker
marking down
fizzling out
whittling down
taking down
settling down
becoming weak
lulling
languishing
dissipating
relieving
mollifying
dying
shaving
atrophying
paring
sagging
axing
melting
terminating
couching
finishing
growing faint
trailing away
rounding down
wearing off
getting smaller
stepping down
giving out
making cutbacks in
trimming down
extenuating
coming to a stop
falling short
trimming back
making smaller
levelling off
fading out
quietening down
rationing
dispersing
guttering
stopping
narrowing
quashing
modulating
retiring
closing out
taking a nosedive
going
putting a lid on
becoming less intense
damping down
releasing
fizzling
fainting
growing dim
going away
wilting
dipping
abbreviating
going through the floor
retrenching
hitting the floor
bating
thinning down
thinning out
phasing out
descending
disengaging
slipping
cooling
stilling
decelerating
unlaxing
chilling out
cooling it
running out
disintegrating
collapsing
ending
evanescing
giving way
giving in
drawing to a close
passing
blowing over
sinking into oblivion
disappearing slowly
passing away
thinning
desisting
taming
slacking up
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
coming down
casting down
whittling
tightening
amortising
UK
running down
amortizing
US
restricting
qualifying
downgrading
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make someone tired
tiring out
exhausting
tiring
bankrupting
conking out
crippling
debilitating
disabling
doing in
draining
drawing
enervating
enfeebling
fatiguing
frazzling
impoverishing
overdoing
overexerting
overextending
overfatiguing
overtiring
overworking
petering out
pooping
pooping out
prostrating
running ragged
sapping
sucking dry
taking it out of
tuckering
using up
weakening
wearing out
wearying
wearing
knocking out
busting
killing
tuckering out
breaking
outwearing
knackering
washing out
devitalizing
harassing
bushing
shattering
doing up
taxing
overtaxing
flagging
jading
whacking
wearing to a frazzle
depleting
etiolating
sinking
drooping
incapacitating
fizzling
languishing
succumbing
impairing
vitiating
failing
blunting
bedraggling
dropping
sagging
draining of energy
growing tired
making tired
getting tired
growing weary
shagging out
eating away
wearing away
making weary
wearing on
making sleepy
taking
bonking
hitting the wall
indisposing
tiring yourself out
wearing oneself to a shadow
wearing oneself to a frazzle
nearly killing
rooting
wearing yourself out
running into the ground
wiping out
putting to sleep
folding
overburdening
becoming fatigued
collapsing
fainting
going stale
overstraining
yawning
becoming tired
attenuating
burdening
plaguing
straining
undermining
eroding
drowsing
torpefying
making weak
laying low
making feeble
reducing
oppressing
weighing
paining
fading
glutting
running out of steam
stressing out
becoming drained
becoming exhausted
breaking down
running down
causing ennui
lessening
subverting
lowering
boring
ruining
wasting
softening
destroying
wrecking
immobilizing
US
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
immobilising
UK
emasculating
putting out of action
sapping your strength
unnerving
disempowering
rendering infirm
eviscerating
disembowelling
UK
exenterating
disemboweling
US
making feebler
removing the sting from
reducing the powers of
depriving of force
hamstringing
handicapping
disarming
depressing
overthrowing
mowing
defeating
bringing someone to their knees
bringing low
making impotent
making helpless
making powerless
more ❯
Verb
▲
Breaking through
breaking through
breaching
destroying
infiltrating
penetrating
battering down
breaking down
bursting through
coming through
Verb
▲
Present participle for to defeat or overcome
breaking down
defeating
beating
overcoming
conquering
licking
mastering
quelling
crushing
destroying
overthrowing
overwhelming
knocking down
smashing down
Verb
▲
Present participle for to smooth by rubbing or applying friction
rubbing
grinding
rasping
filing
sanding
buffing
honing
excoriating
scraping
abrading
scouring
wearing away
eroding
fraying
frazzling
chafing
galling
wearing
corroding
fretting
corrading
rubbing down
biting into
gnawing away at
scratching
grazing
scuffing
grating
sandpapering
impairing
wearing out
grinding down
scraping away
eating away at
polishing
smoothing
tattering
burnishing
barking
peeling
damaging
wearing to shreds
consuming
wasting
dissolving
deteriorating
crumbling
using
decaying
undermining
fading
overusing
bothering
taxing
weathering
overworking
eating away
wearing thin
becoming worn
worn through
rubbing away
gnawing away
washing away
crumbling away
wasting away
becoming threadbare
grinding away
scraping off
cutting down
using up
going to seed
skinning
flaying
stripping
roughening
irritating
triturating
erasing
wearing off
rubbing off
scraping out
unraveling
US
unravelling
UK
shredding
tearing
distressing
becoming ragged
becoming tattered
coming apart
brushing
dragging
nibbling
lacerating
gnawing
eating
biting at
making ragged
wearing threadbare
ripping
raveling
US
ravelling
UK
going through
going into holes
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to express or describe in exaggerated terms
overdoing
exaggerating
overstating
overplaying
overemphasising
UK
overemphasizing
US
amplifying
dramatising
UK
dramatizing
US
magnifying
coloring
US
colouring
UK
embellishing
embroidering
inflating
overdramatizing
overembellishing
overdrawing
overusing
belabouring
UK
blowing up
carrying
doing to death
going overboard with
piling on
belaboring
US
camping up
fatiguing
hams up
hyping
overburdening
overestimating
overindulging
overloading
overrating
overreaching
overtaxing
overtiring
overvaluing
overworking
pressuring
puffing
putting on
stretching
driving oneself
going overboard
laying it on thick
making a thing about
making a thing of
pulling the longbow
running riot
straining yourself
talking big
going too far
laying it on
making a big thing about
making a big thing of
making a production of
making federal case
biting off too much
blowing up out of all proportion
laying it on with a trowel
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a production out of
running into the ground
making a big deal out of something
Verb
▲
Present participle for to convince, or cause to believe, through reason or argument
persuading
convincing
inducing
coaxing
getting
influencing
enticing
swaying
urging
causing
coercing
compelling
inveigling
prompting
cajoling
encouraging
inclining
instigating
motivating
advising
disposing
impelling
impressing
inciting
luring
moving
selling
tempting
bringing
counselling
UK
counseling
US
driving
exhorting
leading
making
procuring
reasoning
converting
drawing
enlisting
propagandising
UK
propagandizing
US
proselytising
UK
proselytizing
US
brainwashing
proselyting
arguing into
bringing around
talking into
wheedling into
winning over
causing to believe
converting to
getting round
leading to do
pleading with
pressing someone into
pressuring someone into
pressurizing into
prevailing on
reasoning someone into
turning somebody on to
working over
bringing to senses
leading to believe
prevailing upon
prodding into
talking round
twisting someone's arm
bringing round
gaining confidence of
winning argument
proving to
selling one on
Noun
▲
The process of scraping or wearing something away
abrasion
erosion
rubbing
scraping
corrosion
chafing
friction
grating
scratching
wear
attrition
scouring
scuffing
wearing
abrading
excoriation
flaying
stripping
being eaten away
grinding down
wearing away
detrition
eating away
trituration
filing
deterioration
waste
weathering
undermining
disintegration
decay
consumption
corroding
loss
weakening
destruction
spoiling
dissolving
dissolution
crumbling
sapping
rotting
corrasion
despoliation
decrease
desedimentation
wear and tear
gnawing away
scraping away
chipping away
wasting away
washing away
depreciation
degeneration
diminution
oxidation
oxidization
US
subversion
damage
decomposition
wastage
damaging
rust
dilapidation
impairment
thinning
oxidisation
UK
dwindling
diminishment
battering
thinning out
slow destruction
natural wastage
a few knocks
depletion
dissipation
ablation
overuse
decrement
hard wear
ravages of time
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure
attrition
weakening
debilitation
attenuation
enfeebling
sapping
harrying
wearing away
Adjective
▲
Decreasing in amount
lessening
decreasing
fading
falling
reducing
abating
declining
depreciating
diminishing
dropping
dwindling
ebbing
lightening
lowering
moderating
narrowing
plummeting
plunging
quieting
sagging
shrinking
sinking
slackening
slowing
slumping
softening
subsiding
waning
wasting
weakening
dying down
fading away
losing momentum
shriveling up
wearing off
failing
vanishing
contracting
on the decline
tapering
petering out
gradually reducing
disappearing
flagging
declinatory
decrescent
descending
dipping
deteriorating
sliding
tumbling
collapsing
slipping
settling
tottering
toppling
crumbling
degenerating
wilting
worsening
degenerative
ageing
UK
aging
US
stale
wearing out
tiring
languishing
retreating
receding
withdrawing
withering
faltering
bearish
slowing down
idling
wearying
drooping
palling
senescent
more ❯
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wearing down
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wearing holes in
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