WEARING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you say that a situation or activity is wearing, you mean that it requires a lot of energy and makes you feel mentally or physically tired She finds the continual confrontation very wearing Being in demand can be rather wearing
wearing - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective wearing (comparative more wearing, superlative most wearing) (not comparable) Intended to be worn Clothes used to be called wearing apparel Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience Synonyms: draining, tiresome; see also Thesaurus: fatiguing