Weary

/ˈwɪə̯ɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
2. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
3. Expressive of fatigue.
4. Causing weariness; tiresome.
5. (ambitransitive) To make or to become weary.

Example Sentences

A weary traveller knocked at the door.

I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary.

[I] am weary, thinking of your task.

There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

With the lift in the block still out of order, they climbed the flights and flights of steps. When Dad finally put the key in the front door, both were weary beyond words.

soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement;  I grew weary of studying and left the library.

He gave me a weary smile.

And now she was vppon the weary way,

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Antonyms for weary

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Word Forms

• wearier
• weariest
• wearies
• wearying
• wearied

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