weary
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈwɪəri/
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- After a long hike, I felt weary and needed to sit down and rest.
- grow weary
- war-weary
- world-weary
My knees hurt, my eyesight's weary, but I still got it.
- My knees hurt, my eyesight's weary, but I still got it.
- A man stood before him, a sourful light in his weary, pain drenched eyes.
- Let them, because they will soon grow weary of that.
- So shines a good deed in a weary world.
- I'm Shane and today it's all about travel and I'm joined by two weary travelers, Ian and Amanda.
- They are still weary of opening themselves up completely to it.
- But we are weak and weary.
- Please ABBA, when she see things that she desires that she hasn't attained yet, let her never get weary and being patient and waiting on you.
Examples
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The following Monday I was back at work, more troubled and weary than before, and with a hangover.
Academic text (2011) -
Few words were exchanged, for the tongue was weary, the mind too full.
Academic text (1999) -
To rest your weary head because we're in this together.
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Here we shall be, to guide the footsteps of a weary people.
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And what a gift you are to a weary businessman, to be sure.
Fiction book (1991) -
OK, you are weary and it is time to rest deeply and be renewed.
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In the morning, Jazz felt more weary, more bruised than when she went to bed.
Fiction book (1990) -
His eyes searched hers, and they were suddenly as weary as her own, as bitter and sad.
Fiction book (1991) -
Finally, Joe boarded, looking weary and beat, Tom behind him dragging his bags.
Academic text (1995) -
Shedwyn let out a long, weary breath and wiped her hand across her forehead.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy
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2.0
Very tired and completely used up for a person or thing after using all energy
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4.4
Very tired after doing too much work for a long time
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2.7
Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored
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5.3
Being very tired and slow with little interest or energy
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4.1
Feeling very tired and having no energy
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8.5
Feeling very tired and having no energy
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6.4
Very tired after doing hard work for a long time
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2.8
Looking very tired because of too much work or worry
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9.9
Very tired in both body and mind from long trouble or hard work
Feeling very tired after hard physical or mental effort
Feeling very tired with no energy left
A person who is very tired and needs rest after hard work
Very tired because of too much work or travel
Very tired all through your body so you can barely move
Very low on energy and unable to do much
Very tired after hard physical activity
Feeling very tired and unable to do much
Very tired after a lot of activity or a long day
Feeling weak and tired as if you do not have energy
Antonyms
Idioms
How Tired
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word weary comes from an old English word meaning 'worn out' and is the same root as wear in 'wear out'. So to be weary is to feel 'worn' by work or long effort, which is why it means very tired.