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wea⋅ry

  [weer-ee] adjective, -ri⋅er, -ri⋅est, verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
2. characterized by or causing fatigue: a weary journey.
3. impatient or dissatisfied with something (often fol. by of): weary of excuses.
4. characterized by or causing impatience or dissatisfaction; tedious; irksome: a weary wait.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
5. to make or become weary; fatigue or tire: The long hours of work have wearied me.
6. to make or grow impatient or dissatisfied with something or at having too much of something (often fol. by of): The long drive had wearied us of desert scenery. We had quickly wearied at such witless entertainment.
Origin:
bef. 900; (adj.) ME wery, OE wērig; c. OS -wōrig; akin to OE wōrian to crumble, break down, totter; (v.) ME werien, OE wēr(i)gian, deriv. of the adj.

Related forms:
wea⋅ri⋅ly, adverb
wea⋅ri⋅ness, noun
wea⋅ry⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. spent. See tired 1 . 4. tiresome, wearisome. 5. exhaust. 6. irk; jade.

Antonyms:
1. energetic. 4. interesting. 6. interest.
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wea·ry   (wîr'ē)   
adj.   wea·ri·er, wea·ri·est
  1. Physically or mentally fatigued.
  2. Expressive of or prompted by fatigue: a weary smile.
  3. Having one's interest, forbearance, or indulgence worn out: weary of delays.
  4. Causing fatigue; tiresome: a weary wait.
tr. & intr.v.   wea·ried (wîr'ēd), wea·ry·ing, wea·ries (wîr'ēz)
To make or become weary. See Synonyms at tire1.

[Middle English weri, from Old English wērig.]
wea'ri·ly adv., wea'ri·ness n.
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Weary

Wea"ry\, a. [Compar. Wearier; superl. Weariest.] [OE. weri, AS. w?rig; akin to OS. w?rig, OHG. wu?rag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. w?rian 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. --Shak.

[I] am weary, thinking of your task. --Longfellow.

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. --Shak.

2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.

I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak.

3. To harass by anything irksome.

I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton.

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.
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Language Translation for : weary
Spanish: fatigado, agotado, cansado,
German: müde,
Japanese: あきあきした
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weary  (adj.)
O.E. werig "tired," related to worian "to wander, totter," from W.Gmc. *worigaz (cf. O.S. worig "weary," O.H.G. wuorag "intoxicated"), of unknown origin. The verb is O.E. wergian (intr.), gewergian (trans.).
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