Wearing

/ˈwɛɹɪŋ/

Synonyms for "wearing" (64 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(9 words)

erosion abrade abrasion attire attired attrition chafing clothed clothing

ablation boring burdensome consumption

Strong matches (19)

decrease decrement depletion depreciation dissipation drain draining evaporation exhaustion expenditure fatiguing

Noun(7 words)

degrade donning dress dressedeating awayerode eroding

Adjective(1 words)

exhausting

Related words (32)

Verb(2 words)

fatiguing frazzling

Noun(6 words)

garments raspingsevere fatiguewearwearing awayweathering

grinding grueling hard harsh heavy irksome killing leakage onerous oppressive punishing shrinkage straining stressful taxing tedious tiresome toilsome trying waste

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wearisome weighty

Adjective(2 words)

tiring wearying

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6 relation types

More general

12 entries

act action behavior deed degradationgeologic processgeological processhuman actionhuman activityphysical processprocessstate of being

More specific

9 entries

abrasion dress erosion fatigue garment gloves gown hatwearing down

Collocations

11 entries

abraison ratematerial fatiguesurface wearwear lifewear resistancewear testingwearing apparelwearing clotheswearing gownwearing maskswearing uniform

Inflections

4 entries

wearings wears wore worn

Derivations

5 entries

rewear wear wearability wearable wearer

similar

1 entries

effortful

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Wash before first wearing.

Source: tatoeba (1574)

She was wearing a black hat.

Source: tatoeba (2111)

You are wearing your socks inside out.

Source: tatoeba (16193)

You are always wearing a loud necktie.

Source: tatoeba (16766)

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