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wearied

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wea·ry  (wîr)
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 (wîrd), wea·ry·ing, wea·ries (wîrz)
To make or become weary. See Synonyms at tire1.
[Middle English weri, from Old English wrig.]
weari·ly adv.
weari·ness n.
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Adj.1.wearied - exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron
jaded
tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"


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Such in its strictly official eloquence is the form of funeral orations on ships that, perhaps wearied with a long struggle, or in some unguarded moment that may come to the readiest of us, had let themselves be overwhelmed by a sudden blow from the enemy.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
THE LION wearied Jupiter with his frequent complaints.
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When, after interviewing the landlady, I came and told her of the dilemma, where she sat in the little parlour wearied out with the day's walk, she blushed, it is true, but seemed little put about.
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