Weary
adj, name, verb ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 To make or to become weary. ambitransitive
"So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers,"
- 2 exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress wordnet
- 3 lose interest or become bored with something or somebody wordnet
- 1 Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
"A weary traveller knocked at the door."
- 2 Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
"soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement; I grew weary of studying and left the library."
- 3 Expressive of fatigue.
"He gave me a weary smile."
- 4 Causing weariness; tiresome.
"And now she was vppon the weary way,"
- 1 physically and mentally fatigued wordnet
- 1 A surname.
"One shot was for the scouts. The next one was for the antitank gunner, whose name was Roland Weary."
Example
More examples"I was weary of doing the same thing over and over again."
Etymology
From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich (“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch (“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig (“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig (“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag (“drunken”).
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