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• v  lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
• v  exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
• v  deplete
• v  cause to be bored
• s  producing exhaustion

• The Dalai Lama is tiring of fruitless effors at negotiating with Beijing.
• But newspaper editors, tiring of wire stories from all ends of the earth telling of miraculous one-suit hands being dealt to people with weak hearts, welcomed a card game in .
• Foot-ankle prostheses can be tiring to wear and produce an awkward, ungainly stride, but the PowerFoot One is the first with battery-powered springs that propel the wearer forward .

• tire
• pall
• weary
• fatigue
• jade
• wear upon
• tire out
• wear
• wear out
• outwear
• wear down
• fag out
• fag
• run down
• exhaust
• play out
• sap
• bore
• exhausting
• wearing
• wearying

• refresh
• interest

News & Articles

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• Returning to Overtime, Bruins Find Way to Tie Series With Blackhawks
  It was another long, tiring overtime game in the Stanley Cup finals, but this time the Boston Bruins prevailed, thanks to Daniel Paille’s open wrist shot in overtime.
  June 16, 2013 - New York Times
• White working his way back
  Alex White fights a daily battle against opponents he cannot see or touch. For a man who is so accustomed to moving and doing and thinking about what is next, White has found that rest is ironically one of the most tiring things he has ever encountered.
  June 16, 2013 - The Daily Reflector
• Columbus Crew 2, Montreal Impact 0 | MLS Match Recap
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Dominic Oduro scored a goal and assisted on the game-winner by Matias Sanchez as the Crew completed a tiring and trying week with an inspired 2-0 win over Eastern Conference leaders Montreal Impact on Saturday before a season-high crowd of 18,320 at Crew Stadium.
  June 15, 2013 - MLS via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Martina Hingis in Orange County Register
  But then it gets kind of tiring when you just watch others. That's why I didn't want to miss out,Hingis said at Wimbledon, where she made her second return.
• Justine Henin in International Herald Tribune
  Winning today is all that counts,said Henin, who is trying to win her third straight French Open title and fourth overall. "It was a bit tiring to play in these weather conditions."
• Carlos Dunga in The Press Association
  The first match is always very tiring,said Dunga. "There is a lot of nervousness and anxiety after a lot of training sessions. All of us want to score and not concede any goals."