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Weary   /wˈɪri/   Listen
adjective
Weary  adj.  (compar. wearier; superl. weariest)  
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." "(I) am weary, thinking of your task."
2.
Causing weariness; tiresome. "Weary way." "There passed a weary time."
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.
Synonyms: Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.



verb
Weary  v. t.  (past & past part. wearied; pres. part. 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."
2.
To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance. "I stay too long by thee; I weary thee."
3.
To harass by anything irksome. "I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries."
To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
Synonyms: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.



Weary  v. i.  To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.






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"Weary" Quotes from Famous Books



... birth and station gave way to a negligence which was easily observable. On the morning of the battle in which he fell, he had shown some care of adorning his person; and gave for a reason, that the enemy should not find his body in any slovenly, indecent situation. "I am weary," subjoined he, "of the times, and foresee much misery to my country; but believe that I shall be out of it ere night."[*] This excellent person was but thirty-four years of age when a period was thus put ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. - From Charles I. to Cromwell • David Hume

... set down at de table, Kin' o' weary lak an' sad, An' you's jes' a little tiwhed An' purhaps a little mad; How yo' gloom tu'ns into gladness, How yo' joy drives out de doubt, When de oven do' is opened, An' de smell comes po'in out; Why, de 'lectric light o' Heaven Seems to settle on de spot, When yo' mammy says ...
— Twentieth Century Negro Literature - Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating - to the American Negro • Various

... sleeper, eye unlidding, Heard a voice for ever bidding Much farewell to Dolly Gray; Turning weary on his truckle- Bed he heard the honey-suckle ...
— Reginald • Saki

... rode down three birds, and, on the 14th, they obtained four more, two of which were killed by John Murphy, who rode the fleetest horse and was the lightest weight. The possibility of riding emus down, clearly showed in what excellent condition our horses were. Even our bullocks although foot-weary upon arriving at the camp, recovered wonderfully, and played about like young steers in the grassy shady bed of the creek, lifting their tails, scratching the ground with their fore feet, and shaking their horns at us, as if to say, we'll have a run ...
— Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia • Ludwig Leichhardt

... sat silent and gazed into the mist, with an unutterably weary expression. Then he began to talk to his companion. Then the other one took out some bread and cheese from his knapsack, to eat his evening meal. He answered scarcely anything, but listened very patiently, just as if he were ...
— The Wonderful Adventures of Nils • Selma Lagerlof


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