DRAINING Synonyms

• having a debilitating effect

• producing exhaustion

• producing exhaustion

• temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

• used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress

• (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something

• labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)

• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

• a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

• deplete

• excavate the earth beneath

• make weak

• emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

• a pipe through which liquid is carried away

• make weak

• become used up; be exhausted

• flow off gradually

• leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

• lose validity

• flow, run or fall out and become lost

• exhaust the supply of

• prove insufficient

• use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

• a pipe through which liquid is carried away