weary

[Wea·ry]

Weary as an adjective means "very tired or worn out," like weary students who finished a long week of studying and taking tests.

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Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

Verb
exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

Verb
get tired of something or somebody

Adjective S.
physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary'' is archaic"


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.


Weary

Wea"ry , a. [Compar. Wearier ; superl. Weariest.] [OE. weri, AS. wrig; akin to OS. wrig, OHG. wurag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. wrian to ramble.] 1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.
I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary.
[I] am weary, thinking of your task.
2. Causing weariness; tiresome. "Weary way." Spenser. "There passed a weary time." Coleridge. 3. 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. Syn. -- Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.

Weary

Wea"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wearied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wearying.] 1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling.
So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers.
2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
I stay too long by thee; I weary thee.
3. To harass by anything irksome.
I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries.
To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue. Syn. -- To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.

Weary

Wea"ry, v. i. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

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

To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.

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Usage Examples

We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.

O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.

Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

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