weariness

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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Weariness 

1. Adrenalin … seeps out of us like sawdust seeping from a stuffed toy —W. P. Kinsella
2. An atmosphere of luxurious exhaustion, like a ripened shedding rose —Truman Capote
3. Eyelids feel as if they are being held open by taxidermy needles —Jay Mclnerney
4. Fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task —William James
5. Feel … as is if my machine has temporarily run down —Janet Flanner
6. Feel like a sneaker that’s been through a ringer —Nicholas S. Daniloff, television interview, September 14, 1986

   Daniloff’s simile expressed his feelings after two weeks in Russian captivity.

7. Felt like an old soldier exhausted by a long retreat from battle —Kenzaburo Oë
8. Felt like Sisyphus taking a five-minute break, like Muhammad Ali at the end of the fourteenth round in Manila —T. Coraghessan Boyle
9. Felt perpetually tired, as though she were bleeding —Francis King
10. Felt tired as though she had spent the day on a hot beach —Mary Hedin
11. A flurry of fatigue swept over us like a tropical rainstorm, dropping us like sodden flies —James Crumley
12. Growing drowsier … as if he had been counting a flock of pedigree Southdowns —Sylvia Townsend Warner
13. Had the look of an overworked nag —Sholom Aleichem
14. His state [from working all day] was like a flabby orange whose crushed skin is thin with pulling, and all dented in —Amy Lowell
15. I could lie down like a tired child, and weep away the life of care —Percy Bysshe Shelley
16. Looked haggard … like a child after too much carnival —John D. MacDonald
17. (My time is past,) my blood is dry as my bones —Grace Paley
18. My fingers and back feel like I’m Quasimodo —Ray Schmidt

    Schmidt’s weariness was caused by a long session of entering data into his computer, September 24, 1986

19. Squeezed out like an old paint-tube —Lawrence Durrell
20. Tired as an old coal miner —Reynolds Price
21. Tired as a preacher in a border town —Thomas Zigal
22. Tired-eyed as a diplomat —Frank Swinnerton
23. A wave of sleepiness knocked me over like an ocean breaker —Gloria Norris
24. Weariness … like a crushing weight —Kaatje Hurlbut
25. (Shrugs) weary and eloquent as an ox under a yoke —George Garrett
26. Weary and exhausted as though I had travelled along an unending road —Stefan Zweig
27. Wearying as a holiday to a workaholic —Elyse Sommer
28. Wore me out like a fever —Sholom Aleichem

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

weariness - temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep" fatigue, tiredness temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time asthenopia, eyestrain - a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem jet lag - fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel exhaustion - extreme fatigue grogginess - a groggy state resulting from weariness logginess, loginess - a dull and listless state resulting from weariness

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weariness

noun tiredness, fatigue, exhaustion, lethargy, drowsiness, lassitude, languor, listlessness, prostration, enervation Overcome with weariness, he collapsed.
drive, energy, vitality, stamina, vigour, zeal, zest, freshness, welly (slang), get-up-and-go (informal), liveliness

Translations

weariness [ˈwɪərɪnɪs] N (physical, mental) → cansancio m, fatiga f; (emotional) → hastío m

weariness [ˈwɪərinɪs] n → épuisement m, lassitude f

weariness

n (physical) → Müdigkeit f; (mental) → Lustlosigkeit f; (of smile, gaze) → Mattheit f; he felt a great weariness of life → er empfand großen Lebensüberdruss or große Lebensmüdigkeit

weariness [ˈwɪərɪnɪs] n → stanchezza