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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.

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[Middle English weri, from Old English wrig.]

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weari·ly adv.

weari·ness n.

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weary

Adjective

[-rier, -riest]

1. very tired; lacking energy

2. caused by or suggestive of weariness: he managed a weary smile

3. causing exhaustion: a long weary struggle

4. weary of discontented or bored with: he was weary of the war

Verb

[-ries, -rying, -ried]

1. to make weary

2. weary of to become discontented or bored with: he seems to have wearied of her possessiveness [Old English wērig]

wearily adv
weariness n
wearying adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	weary - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" fag out, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, fag, wear indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" overfatigue, overtire, overweary - tire excessively
	2.	weary - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" fatigue, jade, tire, pall degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" poop out, conk out, peter out, run down, run out - use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" retire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
Adj.	1.	weary - physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic" aweary tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

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weary

adjective 1. tired, exhausted, drained, worn out, spent, done in (informal) flagging, all in (slang) fatigued, wearied, sleepy, fagged (informal) whacked Brit. (informal) jaded, drooping, knackered (slang) drowsy, clapped out Austral., N.Z. (informal) enervated, ready to drop, dog-tired (informal) zonked (slang) dead beat (informal) asleep or dead on your feet (informal) << OPPOSITE energetic

adjective 2. fed up, bored, sick (informal) discontented, impatient, indifferent, jaded, sick and tired (informal) browned-off (informal) << OPPOSITE excited

adjective 3. tiring, taxing, wearing, arduous, tiresome, laborious, irksome, wearisome, enervative << OPPOSITE refreshing

verb 4. grow tired, tire, sicken, have had enough, become bored

verb 5. bore, annoy, plague, sicken, jade, exasperate, vex, irk, try the patience of, make discontented << OPPOSITE excite

6. tire, tax, burden, drain, fatigue, fag (informal) sap, wear out, debilitate, take it out of (informal) tire out, enervate << OPPOSITE invigorate

Translations

weary [ˈwɪərɪ] adj (= tired) → cansado;

(dispirited) → abatido

vt → cansar

vi to weary of → cansarse de, aburrirse de

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weary [ˈwɪərɪ] adj (= tired) → épuisé(e) (= dispirited); las(lasse); abattu(e)

vt → lasser

vi to weary of → se lasser de

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weary [ˈwɪərɪ] adj (= tired) → müde (= dispirited); lustlos

vi to weary of sb/sth → jds/etw gen überdrüssig werden

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weary [ˈwɪərɪ] adj → stanco/a (= tiring); faticoso/a

vt → stancare

vi to weary of → stancarsi di