weary
Verb
Verb Forms: wearied, wearying, wearies
- To make or become tired or exhausted.
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- To make or to become weary.
Adjective Satellite
- physically and mentally fatigued
- "`aweary' is archaic"
Adj
- Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
- Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
- Expressive of fatigue.
- Causing weariness; tiresome.
Adjective
- Physically or mentally exhausted; tired.
Examples
- A weary traveller knocked at the door.
- Even the most experienced Scrabble player can feel weary after a long game.
- He gave me a weary smile.
- soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement; I grew weary of studying and left the library.
- The constant pressure of finding bingos can weary even the sharpest mind.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). 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”).
Synonyms
aweary, fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, pall, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, Kerry Packered, PO'd, aggravated, agitated, angry, annoyed, banjaxed, beat, bee in one's bonnet, beleaguer, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bothered, brassed off, browned off, buggered, bushed, busted, cheesed off, cream crackered, dead tired, do for, dog-tired, dog-weary, done, done in, done up, drained, draining, drawn, drudgerous, enervated, exasperated, exhaust, exhausted, exhausting, exhaustive, fagged out, fatigued, fatiguing, fed up, fordo, forfairn, forlagen, forworn, fried, frustrated, fucked, gas out, gassed, get down, haggard, have it in for, heavyeyed, hold a grudge, hot and bothered, irked, irritable, irritated, jaded, jiggered, knacked, knackered, knock up, languid, nadgered, out of gas, peed off, peeved, pestered, pissed off, pissy, played out, poop, pooped, pooped out, pumped, ratty, run someone ragged, run-down, shagged, shagged out, shattered, shitty, shot, sick to the back teeth, sleepy, sore, spent, stuffed, tedious, teed off, ticked off, tired, tired out, tiresome, tiring, tuckered, tuckered out, vexed, wappened, washed out, weariful, wearing, wearisome, weary, whacked, whipped, worn, worn out, zonked
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
weary: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordweary: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
weary: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary