Synonyms for exhausting
ex·haust·ing

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1. exhausting

   Arduous (Latin arduus, steep) signifies primarily so steep and lofty as to be difficult of ascent, and hence applies to that which involves great and sustained exertion and ordinarily for a lofty aim; great learning can only be won by arduous toil. Hard applies to anything that resists our endeavors as a scarcely penetrable mass resists our physical force. Anything is hard that involves tax and strain whether of the physical or mental powers. Difficult is not used of that which merely taxes physical force; a dead lift is called hard rather than difficult; breaking stone on the road would be called hard rather than difficult work; that is difficult which involves skill, sagacity, or address, with or without a considerable expenditure of physical force; a geometrical problem may be difficult to solve, a tangled skein to unravel; a mountain difficult to ascend. Hard may be active or passive; a thing may be hard to do or hard to bear. Arduous is always active. That which is laborious or toilsome simply requires the steady application of labor or toil till accomplished; toilsome is the stronger word. That which is onerous (Latin onus, a burden) is mentally burdensome or oppressive. Responsibility may be onerous even when it involves no special exertion.

   Synonyms:
   arduous, difficult, hard, laborious, onerous, severe, toilsome, trying

   Antonyms:
   easy, facile, light, pleasant, slight, trifling, trivial

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1. draining, exhaustingadjective

   having a debilitating effect

   "an exhausting job in the hot sun"

   Synonyms:
   draining, wearing, tiring, wearying

   Antonyms:
   effortless, invigorating

2. exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearyingadjective

   producing exhaustion

   "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

   Synonyms:
   draining, wearing, tiring, wearying

   Antonyms:
   invigorating, effortless

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1. List of paraphrases for "exhausting":

   expausting, tiring, gruelling, tiresome, strenuous, straining, draining, depleting

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1. Sarah Bajc on Monday:

   The lack of ability to close things down emotionally is just exhausting.

2. Adamu Ahmad:

   After exhausting his ?ammunition he detonated the explosives concealed under his kaftan, killing himself. But no one from the crowd was affected because they were some distance away, we had just started a class when we heard gunshots coming from the direction of the gates and we instantly realized we were under attack, which made us to rush out of the class.

3. Clark County:

   It's probably one of the most mentally exhausting and stressful processes that a human being can do.

4. Ona Onyia:

   It has been mentally and physically exhausting, but rewarding in so many ways, this virus will be around for a while, and this experience has fully prepared me to help my home state if it has outbreaks. I feel like I can work anywhere after this.

5. Michele Thompson:

   It's exhausting and exasperating, it's very poorly set up especially for the average citizen. I feel like I went above and beyond.