Meaning & use
exhausting
Causing such extreme physical or mental tiredness that little energy remains afterward.
See it in a sentence
Moving all the furniture upstairs alone was an exhausting job that took hours.
The exhausting flight left everyone eager to collapse into bed at once.
A note on using this word
Exhausting describes the cause of tiredness, while 'exhausted' describes the resulting state of the tired person.
Words with a similar meaning
tiringdraining
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Words with an opposite meaning
refreshingenergizing
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