Exhausting meaning in English

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Definition

exhausting: tiring, wearying, fatiguing adjective

That forty-hour working-week was exhausting! It made me so tired!

Examples

"Bruno : Your line of work must be exhausting."
"Moira : That must be exhausting, Brent."
"That sounds exhausting."
"Fantastic, but exhausting!"
"Hannah : Exhausting!"

Exercise 1

Brent uses the term exhausting in this report, which comes from the verb "to exhaust".

Which of the following sentences use the term "exhaust" INCORRECTLY?

I've been up all night. I can't go to work now, because I'm exhausted.

We've exhausted all the other possibilities, it must've been stolen.

We walked in the sun for the whole day, it was exhausting.

He must be exhausting, he's slept for 12 hours now!

I don't know

Brent uses the term exhausting in this report, which comes from the verb "to exhaust".

Which of the following sentences use the term "exhaust" INCORRECTLY?

I've been up all night. I can't go to work now, because I'm exhausted.

This sentence uses the term "exhausted" correctly . The primary meaning of the adjective "exhausted" is to be extremely tired.

We've exhausted all the other possibilities, it must've been stolen.

This sentence uses the term "exhausted" correctly. As a verb in the active voice, "to exhaust" can express the idea of "consuming" or "expending" (money, options, supplies, etc.). "To exhaust possibilities" is a common English expression meaning that someone has "no more options" or that they've tried many possibilities without success.

We walked in the sun for the whole day, it was exhausting.

This sentence uses the term "exhausting" correctly. It is used here in the same way as in the broadcast, to describe an activity which was tiring, or caused "fatigue".

He must be exhausting, he's slept for 12 hours now!

This sentence uses the term "exhausting" incorrectly. In this sentence, the adjective "exhausting" means "producing or causing fatigue" (and sometimes frustration). If someone is "exhausting", then they cause fatigue or frustration. This sentence should read "he must be exhausted", which would indicate that the speaker is describing someone who IS very tired.

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