Weary
['wɪərɪ] or ['wɪri]
Definition
(superl.) Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.
(superl.) Causing weariness; tiresome.
(superl.) Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study.
(v. t.) To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling.
(v. t.) To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
(v. t.) To harass by anything irksome.
(v. i.) To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fatigued, tired, exhausted, WEARIED.[2]. Tiresome, irksome, wearisome.
v. a. Fatigue, tire, jade, fag, exhaust, harass, dispirit, KNOCK UP, tire out, wear out, use up.
Typed by Jared
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fatigued, tired, exhausted, worn, jaded, debilitated, pent, toil-worn, faint
ANT:Fresh, rigorous, recruited, renovated, hearty
SYN:Tire, fatigue, fag, jade, harass, exhaust,[See LABORIOUS_and_TEDIOUS]
Checker: Roderick
Definition
adj. worn-out: having the strength or patience exhausted: tired: causing weariness: (prov.) puny.—v.t. to wear out or make weary: to reduce the strength or patience of: to harass.—v.i. to become weary or impatient: to long for.—adjs. Wea′ried tired; Wea′riful wearisome.—adv. Wea′rifully.—adj. Wea′riless incessant.—adv. Wea′rily.—n. Wea′riness.—adj. Wea′risome making weary: tedious.—adv. Wea′risomely.—n. Wea′risomeness.—Weary out to exhaust.
n. (Scot.) a curse as in 'weary on you.'
Checker: Norris
Examples
- Why, the man was weary of you, and would have jilted you, but that Dobbin forced him to keep his word. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was in vain for Annie to protest that she was weary of such things. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If I was young, it would all have to be gone through again, and the end would be a weary way off, don't you see? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And thus, Glaucon, after the argument has gone a weary way, the true and the false philosophers have at length appeared in view. Plato. The Republic.
- The troubles she has had here have wearied her, said Lydgate, breaking off again, lest he should say too much. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was a comfort to Elizabeth to consider that Jane could not have been wearied by long expectations. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Whether Shirley had become wearied of her honoured relatives is not known. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Woodhouse, we all know at times what it is to be wearied in spirits. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The poor unfortunate lady fell out of one fit into another, and went on so till she was quite wearied out, and as helpless as a new-born babe. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I'm quick to take this fright, I know, and my head is summ'at light with wearying and watching. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The danger would have been of my wearying you. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You give yourself up too much to this wearying despair, said Eustacia. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You have tried that life, and you are wearying of it already. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The attitude was mental and very wearying. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But I do not think I shall be the one who wearies first. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Checker: Raymond