Weary

Word WEARY
Character 5
Hyphenation wea ry
Pronunciations /ˈwiːɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Weary"

What do we mean by weary?

Physically or mentally tired. adjective

Expressive of or prompted by tiredness. adjective

Having one's interest, forbearance, or indulgence worn out. adjective

Causing fatigue; tiresome. adjective

To make or become weary. synonym: tire. transitive & intransitive verb

Tired; exhausted by toil or exertion; having the endurance or patience worn out by continuous striving.

Impatient of or discontented with the continuance of something painful, exacting, irksome, or distasteful, and willing to be done with it; having ceased to feel pleasure (in something).

Causing fatigue; tiresome; irksome: as, a weary journey; a weary life.

Feeble; sickly; puny.

Synonyms Disgusted, wearisome. See weary, verb

A curse: used now only in the phrases Weary fa' you! Weary on you! and the like. noun

To make weary; reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; fatigue; tire: as, to weary one's self with striving.

To exhaust the endurance, patience, or resistance of, as by persistence or importunity.

To pass wearily.

Synonyms Fatigue, Jade, etc. See tire.

To become weary, tired, or fatigued.

To become impatient or surfeited, as with the continuance of something that is monotonous, irksome, or distasteful.

To long; languish: with for before the object.

To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient. intransitive verb

To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue. transitive verb

To make or to become weary.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Weary

The word "weary" in example sentences

Veery was trilling his _weary, weary, weary_ in the Elder thicket along the brook, when another, a larger animal, loomed up in the distant trail and glided silently toward Yan. ❋ Ernest Thompson Seton (1903)

—how he had grown weary for his native countryside, for the smithy: —weary of living always so far away from them all, and of the discipline—much harsher of late—as well as of his comrades, who called him “Prussian” because of his Alsatian accent. ❋ Unknown (1917)

33 _I grow weary. _ 4to 1681 'I grew weary'.p. 166, l. 2 _sure he knows me not. _ 1724 omits 'he'.p. 166, l. 16 _better than an Age of Scorn from a proud faithless ❋ Aphra Behn (1664)

Hannah shifted her expression of weary dissatisfaction to Holly. ❋ Julia London (2011)

Instead, weary from the saddle, still numb, I slept the night through as if I had been dead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That's how we cowgirls out in Colorado Springs like to greet one another when we return trail weary from the dusty plains. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At the sight of his human face, the first in weary months, I could have sprung forward and folded him in my arms ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Mavericks looked weary from the start, then lost Dirk Nowitzki early in the fourth quarter when the former MVP was called for a flagrant foul under the basket. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Of course, the fact that physically I'm still weary from the con probably doesn't help either! ❋ Editormum (2008)

Dressed in a sport jacket and jeans, Louis Vartan stood with his arms crossed and an expression of weary horror on his face. ❋ Jerome Preisler (2010)

Her father, Evan, says she is weary from the trip, from delays that caused them to arrive at 4 A.M., instead of 10 P.M. THE NEXT MORNING, WE CARAVAN to the unit where the outfitter, Bruce Feri, who runs Canyon Creek Outfitters, has a special tag for Alyssa's buck. ❋ Unknown (2007)

` ` Maybe we were a little leg weary from the back-to-back games. '' ❋ Unknown (2007)

Back at the international forum, Obama was still regarded with a sense of hope and relief by a word weary of the Bushevik order. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By mid-Sunday my body was so weary from the toll of the night before, every bone in my body ached and it was all I could do to stand up for more than 10 minutes at a time. ❋ Michele (2006)

By the end, Harrington and Jackson were weary from the Warriors 'up-tempo style, but thrilled by the freedom of Nelson's offense. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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