Wearying

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of making weary.

    "Despite vigils and their wearyings, they love the stir and movement of that sunny period when my lady's diamonds emerge from their morocco cases, and every day brings home some new dress, bonnet, or cap, […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of weary form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    producing exhaustion wordnet

Synonyms

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exhaustingboresomeboringburdensomedeadlydraining

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"The government is currently broadening the interpretation of article 9 of the Constitution by wearying it down little by little."

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