crevant

exhausting, killing (familiar)

adjective kruh-VAHN Rare

Origin: From crever 'to burst, to kill' — present participle used as adjective

Also means

hilarious (informal)

Usage Note

Crevant is a familiar/colloquial adjective with two opposite meanings depending on context: it can mean physically exhausting (c'est crevant, ce travail) or, in older or regional usage, side-splittingly funny (c'est crevant de rire). The first sense is more current today. The related verb crever means 'to burst' or colloquially 'to die/be killed'.

Examples

"Cette randonnée était vraiment crevante."

Natural Translation

That hike was really exhausting.

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