Draining and Tough

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Draining adjective - Having a debilitating effect.

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Tough and draining are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tough" instead an adjective "Draining".

Nearby Words: drain, drained, drainage

Tough adjective - Not easily chewed.

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Draining and tough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Draining" instead an adjective "Tough".

Nearby Words: toughness, toughen, toughening, tougher, toughed

Every vampire clan is very tough, able to levitate, vulnerable to sunlight and can't heal without draining life energy.

Source: Our Vampires Are Different / Video Games
Daisy, the protagonist, has to visit a seedy bar that is run by a bunch of tough biker ghouls, a type of emotion-draining vampire.

Source: Motorcycle Dominoes
His revision is a tough, emotionally draining read.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Homestuck

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