weary

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Meaning

1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
2. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
3. Expressive of fatigue.
4. Causing weariness; tiresome.

tired

be tired

get tired

wear upon

become tired

get bored

frazzle

be bored

embarrass

become bored

make tired

be feeble

cause trouble

be discouraged

be tired of

discourag

get tired of

knackered

very tired

be dejected

forworn

pain

exhaust oneself

feel dejected

prosaical

make weary

travel-worn

be exhausted

down hearted

sick of

Frequency

Hyphenated as

wea‧ry

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɪəɹi/

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”).