wearing
/ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/ adjective, noun, proper noun
Also a form of wear
Forms wearings
- adjective (not comparable) Intended to be worn. “Clothes used to be called wearing apparel.”
- adjective Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience.
- adjective Causing erosion.
- adjective That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.
- noun The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
- noun The act by which something is worn.
- noun That which is worn; clothes; garments.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
draining tiresome exhausting exhaustive fatiguing grueling tiring weariful wearisome weary erosion eroding eating away wearing away wear wearying
Etymology
Variant of Waring.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “wearing”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details