wearing English

Meaning wearing meaning

What does wearing mean?

wearing

— noun (= wear) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment she bought it for everyday wear

— adjective (= exhausting) producing exhaustion an exhausting march the visit was especially wearing

— noun (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

Synonyms wearing synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as wearing?

wearing English » English

tiring

wear

tiresome

bearing

wearying

wearisome

putting on

holding

exhausting

wearing away

wear-and-tear

use

sustaining

shod

investing

erosion

eroding

eating away

dressing

clothing

carrying

assuming

abrasion

wornout

who wears

wear-out

wear down

utilization

usance

usage

upholding

trying

troubling

tedious

summoning

strenuous

straining

scuff

riding

preserving

possessing

ponderous

operation

observing

manipulation

keeping

herculean

have on

gruelling

grueling

Topics wearing topics

What do people use wearing to talk about?

Person Body condition

Tired

• What words describe something that makes someone tired?
  tiring exhausting wearing boring draining grueling taxing tedious wearisome wearying

Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak poorly

• What words describe something that has been said so often that people think it is stupid?
  trite over-used stale banal be wearing thin threadbare clichéd corny hackneyed shopworn stereotyped commonplace