17
unsurprising
16
exhausting(adjective, verb, difficult, tired, demanding)
15
stressful
11
fatiguing(adjective, verb, tired, fatigue, trying)
10
evacuation(noun, withdrawal, removal, detersion)
10
tiring(adjective, verb, difficult, tired, demanding)
10
wearying(adjective, tired, fatigue, trying, exhausting)
9
emptying(noun, verb, enervating, drying)
9
enervating(adjective, verb, difficult, demanding, strenuous)
9
wearing(adjective, dullness, ordinariness, difficult, tired)
8
debilitating(adjective, verb, trying, exhausting, tiresome)
6
depleting(verb, adjective, harmful, damaging, exhausting)
6
enfeebling(adjective, verb, exhausting)
6
sapping(verb, adjective, difficult, demanding, strenuous)
6
wearisome(adjective, difficult, demanding, strenuous, tiresome)
5
depletion(noun, removal)
5
venting(verb, rejecting, exiting)
4
discharge
4
discharging(noun, verb, rejecting, exiting)
4
drainage
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