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Webster 1913 Edition

Weary

Wea′ry

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Wearier
;
sup
erl.
Weariest
.]
[OE.
weri
, AS.
w[GREEK]rig
; akin to OS.
w[GREEK]rig
, OHG.
wu[GREEK]rag
; of uncertain origin; cf. AS.
w[GREEK]rian
to ramble.]
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
.
Shakespeare
[I] am
weary
, thinking of your task.
Longfellow.
2.
Causing weariness; tiresome.
“Weary way.”
Spenser.
“There passed a weary time.”
Coleridge.
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.
Syn. – Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.

Wea′ry

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wearied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
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.
Shakespeare
2.
To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
I stay too long by thee; I
weary
thee.
Shakespeare
3.
To harass by anything irksome.
I would not cease
To
weary
him with my assiduous cries.
Milton.
To weary out
,
to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
Syn. – To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See
Jade
.

Wea′ry

,
Verb.
I.
To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient;
as, to
weary
of an undertaking
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Weary

WEARY

,
Adj.
1.
Having the strength much exhausted by toil or violent exertion; tired; fatigued. [It should be observed however that this word expresses less than tired, particularly when applied to a beast; as a tired horse. It is followed by of, before the cause of fatigue; as, to be weary of marching; to be weary of reaping; to be weary of study.]
2.
Having the patience exhausted, or the mind yielding to discouragement. He was weary of asking for redress.
3.
Causing weariness; tiresome; as a weary way; a weary life.

WEARY

,
Verb.
T.
[from the adjective.]
1.
To reduce or exhaust the physical strength of the body; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary ones self with labor or traveling.
The people shall weary themselves for very vanity. Habakkuk 2.
2.
To make impatient of continuance.
I stay too long by thee; I weary thee.
3.
To harass by any thing irksome; as, to be wearied of waiting for the arrival of the post.
To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.

Definition 2024

weary

weary

See also: wearþ

English

Adjective

weary ‎(comparative wearier, superlative weariest)

  1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
    A weary traveller knocked at the door.‎
  2. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
    soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement;  I grew weary of studying and left the library.‎
  3. Expressive of fatigue.
    He gave me a weary smile.‎
  4. Causing weariness; tiresome.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:fatigued

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Derived terms

Verb

weary ‎(third-person singular simple present wearies, present participle wearying, simple past and past participle wearied)

  1. To make or to become weary.
    • Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)
      So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers,
    • Milton
      I would not cease / To weary him with my assiduous cries.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
      Yet there was no time to be lost if I was ever to get out alive, and so I groped with my hands against the side of the grave until I made out the bottom edge of the slab, and then fell to grubbing beneath it with my fingers. But the earth, which the day before had looked light and loamy to the eye, was stiff and hard enough when one came to tackle it with naked hands, and in an hour's time I had done little more than further weary myself and bruise my fingers.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:fatigue

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Etymology

From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ, from Proto-Germanic *wōrīgaz, *wōragaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich ‎(“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch ‎(“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig ‎(“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig ‎(“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag ‎(“drunken”).

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