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| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : weer-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪər i |
Definition of weary
Origin :- Old English werig "tired," related to worian "to wander, totter," from West Germanic *worigaz (cf. Old Saxon worig "weary," Old High German wuorag "intoxicated"), of unknown origin.
- adj tired
- verb make tired
- Weary and restless with vain waiting, they looked from the doorway at the weather.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Unwashed and unshaven, he saunters moodily about, weary and dejected.
- Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
- More than a haven for the weary, it is a hope for the brave.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- I want to eat when I am hungry, sleep when I am weary, drink—well, any old time.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- The happiest of us has been weary of her many a time and oft.
- Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I am weary of the earth-damps; they burden me; they choke me!
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Weary as she was, Hester was charmed with hers, and the more charmed the more she surveyed it.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- True, there were hot days and restless nights, weary feet, and now and then a heartache.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The nurses read the response a little slowly, as if they, too, were weary.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- After all the weary waiting, Ned and I exchanged only a word.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
Synonyms for weary
- all in
- annoy
- beat
- bone-tired
- bore
- bored
- burden
- burned out
- bushed
- cause ennui
- cloy
- dead
- dead tired
- debilitate
- depress
- discontented
- disgust
- disgusted
- dishearten
- distress
- dog-tired
- done in
- drain
- drained
- droop
- drooping
- drowse
- drowsy
- enervate
- enervated
- enfeeble
- exasperate
- exhaust
- exhausted
- fade
- fag
- fagged
- fail
- fall off
- fatigue
- fatigued
- fed up
- flag
- flagging
- glut
- grow tired
- had it
- harass
- have had enough
- impatient
- indifferent
- irk
- jade
- jaded
- knocked out
- leave one cold
- lose interest
- make discontented
- nauseate
- oppress
- out of gas
- overwork
- overworked
- pain
- plague
- pooped
- punchy
- ready to drop
- sap
- sick
- sick and tired
- sicken
- sink
- sleepy
- spent
- strain
- take it out of
- tax
- taxed
- tire
- tire out
- try the patience of
- tucker out
- vex
- weaken
- wear down
- wear out
- wearied
- wearing
- weigh
- wiped out
- worn out
- zonked
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