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wea·ry

(wîr′ē)

adj. wea·ri·er, wea·ri·est

1. Physically or mentally tired.

2. Expressive of or prompted by tiredness: 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, wea·ry·ing, wea·ries

To make or become weary. See Synonyms at tire¹.

[Middle English weri, from Old English wērig.]

wea′ri·ly adv.

wea′ri·ness n.

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weary

(ˈwɪərɪ)

adj, -rier or -riest

1. tired or exhausted

2. causing fatigue or exhaustion

3. caused by or suggestive of weariness: a weary laugh.

4. (postpositive; often foll by of or with) discontented or bored, esp by the long continuance of something

vb, -ries, -rying or -ried

5. to make or become weary

6. to make or become discontented or impatient, esp by the long continuance of something

[Old English wērig; related to Old Saxon wōrig, Old High German wuorag drunk, Greek hōrakian to faint]

ˈwearily adv

ˈweariness n

ˈwearying adj

ˈwearyingly adv

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wea•ry

(ˈwɪər i)

adj. -ri•er, -ri•est, adj.

1. physically or mentally exhausted; fatigued; tired.

2. characterized by or causing fatigue: a weary journey.

3. impatient or dissatisfied with something (often fol. by of): weary of excuses.

4. characterized by or causing impatience or dissatisfaction; tedious; irksome: a weary wait.

v.t., v.i.

5. to make or become weary; fatigue or tire.

6. to make or grow impatient or dissatisfied with something (often fol. by of): He wearied of living in hotel rooms.

[before 900; Middle English wery, Old English wērig, c. Old Saxon sīthwōrig trip-weary, Old High German wuarag drunk; akin to Old English wōrian to crumble, totter]

wea′ri•ly, adv.

wea′ri•ness, n.

wea′ry•ing•ly, adv.

weary

Past participle: wearied
Gerund: wearying

Imperative
weary
weary

Present
I weary
you weary
he/she/it wearies
we weary
you weary
they weary

Preterite
I wearied
you wearied
he/she/it wearied
we wearied
you wearied
they wearied

Present Continuous
I am wearying
you are wearying
he/she/it is wearying
we are wearying
you are wearying
they are wearying

Present Perfect
I have wearied
you have wearied
he/she/it has wearied
we have wearied
you have wearied
they have wearied

Past Continuous
I was wearying
you were wearying
he/she/it was wearying
we were wearying
you were wearying
they were wearying

Past Perfect
I had wearied
you had wearied
he/she/it had wearied
we had wearied
you had wearied
they had wearied

Future
I will weary
you will weary
he/she/it will weary
we will weary
you will weary
they will weary

Future Perfect
I will have wearied
you will have wearied
he/she/it will have wearied
we will have wearied
you will have wearied
they will have wearied

Future Continuous
I will be wearying
you will be wearying
he/she/it will be wearying
we will be wearying
you will be wearying
they will be wearying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wearying
you have been wearying
he/she/it has been wearying
we have been wearying
you have been wearying
they have been wearying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wearying
you will have been wearying
he/she/it will have been wearying
we will have been wearying
you will have been wearying
they will have been wearying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wearying
you had been wearying
he/she/it had been wearying
we had been wearying
you had been wearying
they had been wearying

Conditional
I would weary
you would weary
he/she/it would weary
we would weary
you would weary
they would weary

Past Conditional
I would have wearied
you would have wearied
he/she/it would have wearied
we would have wearied
you would have wearied
they would have wearied

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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"

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) She sank to the ground, too weary to walk another step.
tired fresh, stimulated, lively, refreshed, energetic, invigorated, full of beans (informal), full of get-up-and-go (informal)

2. fed up, bored, sick (informal), discontented, impatient, indifferent, jaded, sick and tired (informal), browned-off (informal) He was growing weary of his wife's constant complaints.
fed up patient, excited, amused, forbearing

3. tiring, taxing, wearing, arduous, tiresome, laborious, irksome, wearisome, enervative a long, weary journey in search of food and water
tiring exciting, refreshing, invigorating

verb

1. grow tired, tire, sicken, have had enough, become bored He had wearied of teaching in state universities.

2. bore, annoy, plague, sicken, jade, exasperate, vex, irk, try the patience of, make discontented Her nagging and criticism wearied him so much that he left her.
bore interest, excite, amuse

3. tire, tax, burden, drain, fatigue, fag (informal), sap, wear out, debilitate, take it out of (informal), tire out, enervate Her pregnancy wearied her to the point of exhaustion.
tire stimulate, revive, refresh, enliven, invigorate

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weary

adjective

1. Extremely tired:

bleary, dead, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, spent, tired out, wearied, weariful, worn-down, worn-out.

Informal: beat, bushed, tuckered (out).

Slang: done in, fagged (out), pooped (out).

Idioms: all in, ready to drop.

2. Out of patience with:

disgusted, fed up, sick, tired.

Idiom: sick and tired.

3. Arousing no interest or curiosity:

boring, drear, dreary, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome.

verb

1. To diminish the strength and energy of:

drain, fatigue, jade, tire, wear, wear down, wear out.

2. To fatigue with dullness or tedium:

bore, tire.

Translations

تَعْبان، ضَجِر، مُرْهَقيُتْعِب، يَتْعَب

blive trættrættrætte

ermüden müde

cansado cansar cansarse fatigado abroncar

väsynyt

fatiguer las lasse lasser ennuyer

kifárad

òreytaòreyttur, òreytulegur

stanco affaticare annoiare noioso stancamente

nuvargęsnuvargtisu nuovargiuvarginamai

nogurdinātnogurisnogurt

томить усталый

utrujen

trötttröttatrötta uttröttna

bık makbıkmışusanmışyor makyorgun

疲倦疲倦的

weary

[ˈwɪərɪ]

A. ADJ (wearier (compar) (weariest (superl)))

1. [person] → cansado; [sigh, smile, voice] → de cansancio
to be weary of sth/sb → estar cansado or harto de algo/algn
to be weary of doing sth → estar cansado or harto de hacer algo
to grow weary [person] → cansarse
he had grown weary of travelling → se había cansado de viajar

2. (liter) (= tiring) [wait, day] → pesado
five weary hours → cinco agotadoras horas

B. VT (frm) → cansar, agotar

C. VI (frm) to weary of sth/sb → cansarse or hartarse de algo/algn

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weary

[ˈwɪəri]

adj

(= tired) → exténué(e)

(= dispirited) → las(lasse)
to be weary of sb/sth → être las de qn/qch(lasse)

vt → lasser

vi
to weary of sth → se lasser de qch

weary

adj (+er)

(= tired, dispirited) → müde; (= fed up) → lustlos; smile, groan → matt; to feel or be weary → müde sein; to be/grow weary of something → etw leid sein/werden, einer Sache (gen) → überdrüssig or müde sein/werden (geh)

(= tiring) wait, routine etc → ermüdend; for three weary hours → drei endlose Stunden (lang); five weary miles → fünf lange or beschwerliche Meilen

vt → ermüden

vi to weary of something → einer Sache (gen) → müde or überdrüssig werden (geh); she wearied of being alone → sie wurde es leid or müde (geh) → or überdrüssig (geh), → allein zu sein

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weary

[ˈwɪərɪ]

1. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (tired) → stanco/a, affaticato/a; (dispirited) → stanco/a, abbattuto/a; (tiring, wait, day) → estenuante
to be weary of sb/sth → essere stanco/a di qn/qc
five weary miles → cinque lunghe miglia

2. vt → stancare

3. vi to weary of sb/sth → stancarsi di qn/qc

weary

(ˈwiəri) adjective

tired; with strength or patience exhausted. a weary sigh; He looks weary; I am weary of his jokes.

verb

to (cause to) become tired. The patient wearies easily; Don't weary the patient.

ˈwearily adverb

ˈweariness noun

ˈwearisome adjective

causing weariness. a wearisome journey.

ˈwearisomely adverb

weary

a. cansado-a, fatigado-a.

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A gracious Prince Comes to our house, and you must weary him With most misplaced assurance.

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My body grew weary, my mind grew weary, but I stayed with it.

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"I am weary of my cheaply won success in the pulpit.

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in what rapt ether sails the world, of which the weariest will never weary? Where is the foundling's father hidden?

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One evening, when she was spinning flax, and had worked her little white hands weary, she heard a rustling beside her and a cry of joy.

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While she, once as fair and bright as the rest, Hung her weary head down on her wounded breast.

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I have not been near my bed--I have not once closed my weary wakeful eyes.

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He saw nature--he saw books through me; and never did I weary of gazing for his behalf, and of putting into words the effect of field, tree, town, river, cloud, sunbeam--of the landscape before us; of the weather round us--and impressing by sound on his ear what light could no longer stamp on his eye.

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It is disconsolate enough, this riding, to the stranger, who, with well-filled pocket and well-appointed horse, threads the lonely way on some errand of business; but wilder, drearier, to the man enthralled, whom every weary step bears further from all that man loves and prays for.