Synonyms for weary


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : weer-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪər i

Top 10 synonyms for weary Other synonyms for the word weary

Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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