draining
adjective
uk/ˈdreɪ.nɪŋ/us/ˈdreɪ.nɪŋ/making youfeelverytired:
Relivingpainfulexperiencescan beemotionallydraining.
Operating theheavymachineryis drainingwork.
- I've neverunderstoodwhyairportsare so draining, but they are.
- Ifoundthestressof theinterviewdayutterlydraining.
- For apatient, going through theinsuranceprocessfromdiagnosistotreatmenttofollow-upis draining in itself.
- She did really well to have such a drainingdayand still becheerfulat the end.
- Theteammust havefoundlast Saturday'sdefeata drainingexperience.
Tired and making tired
- all in
- anti-fatigue
- atyourworstidiom
- be dead onyourfeetidiom
- be fit/ready to dropidiom
- fit to dropidiom
- fragile
- frazzled
- gassed
- haggard
- half dead
- knackered
- shell-shocked
- sleep deprivation
- sleep-deprived
- sleepily
- sleepiness
- sleepy
- strung out
- zonked