English Explanatory Dictionary

weary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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.
verb
  1. To make or to become weary.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪə̯ɹi/ /ˈwɪɹi/ en-us-weary.ogg /ˈwɪɚi/ /ˈwiɹi/ /ˈwiːɹi/ /ˈwiə̯ɹi/ /ˈwɛːɹi/

Word forms

weary wearier weariest wearies wearying wearied Wearys

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

drained weary bleareyed bleary bleary-eyed bone-tired bushed tired out spent wrecked dog-tired dog-weary exhausted fatigued forfairn forlagen forworn heavyeyed jaded languid enervated out of gas played out run-down shattered shot sleepy stuffed tired washed out weariful whacked whipped worn worn out banjaxed beat buggered busted dead tired cream crackered done done in done up fagged out fried fucked gassed jiggered Kerry Packered knacked knackered nadgered pooped pooped out pumped shagged shagged out tuckered tuckered out

Related words

wary

Derived words

battle-weary brain weary dog-weary drink-weary no peace for the weary no rest for the weary shank-weary war-weary wearily weariness wearisome wear weary weary out world-weary unwearied unwearying weariedly
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