adjective, verb
adjective (wearier, weariest)
1 very tired, especially after you have been working hard or doing sth for a long time:
a weary traveller * She suddenly felt old and weary. * a weary sigh / smile
2 (literary) making you feel tired or bored:
a weary journey * weary hours spent in negotiation
3 ~ of sth / of doing sth (formal) no longer interested in or enthusiastic about sth:
Students soon grow weary of listening to a parade of historical facts.
wearily adverb:
He closed his eyes wearily.
weariness noun [U]
verb (wearies, wearying, wearied, wearied)
1 [VN] (formal) to make sb feel tired
SYNTIRE:
a wearying tour around the museums and art galleries
2 [V] ~ of sth / of doing sth to lose your interest in or enthusiasm for sth
SYNTIRE:
She soon wearied of his stories.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for weary is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does weary appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — weary appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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