Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiring

/ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: tir-ing
IPA: /ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tire

noun

The action of tiring.

Uncountable

noun

Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger.

adj

That tires or tire.

Example Sentences

"Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tirings (plural) more tiring (comparative) most tiring (superlative)

Derived Forms

tiringly tiringness untiring

Phrases

tiring-house tiring-room

Synonyms

draining tiresome exhausting exhaustive fatiguing grueling tiring weariful wearing wearisome weary

Rhymes With

firing hiring inspiring acquiring retiring aspiring wiring admiring conspiring expiring uninspiring perspiring

Questions

How do you pronounce tiring?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/.
What does tiring mean?: present participle and gerund of tire

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