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adjective

Weary adj. (compar. wearier; superl. weariest)

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued. "I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary." "(I) am weary, thinking of your task."

Causing weariness; tiresome. "Weary way." "There passed a weary time."

Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study.

Synonyms: Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.

verb

Weary v. t. (past & past part. wearied; pres. part. wearying)

To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling. "So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers."

To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance. "I stay too long by thee; I weary thee."

To harass by anything irksome. "I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries."

To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.

Synonyms: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.

Weary v. i. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.

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"Weary" Quotes from Famous Books

... deerhound could not pull down the quarry which he had so furiously assailed. Rome not only stood fiercely at bay, but had pressed back and gored her antagonist, that still, however, watched her in act to spring. She was weary, and bleeding at every pore; and there seemed to be little hope of her escape if the other hound of old Hamilcar's race should come up in time to aid his brother ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2 • Various

... a wasting sense of inadequacy in this 'hand-to-mouth' theory of living, which compels most of those who follow it to tread softly and speak moderately. They are generally a little weary if not cynical; they don't think much of themselves or of their success; but they prefer to hold on as they have begun, rather than launch out into new courses, which they feel they have not the moral force to continue. "May I die," ...

— A Short History of Greek Philosophy • John Marshall

... yong Octauius come, Reuenge your selues alone on Cassius, For Cassius is a-weary of the World: Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obseru'd, Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate To cast into my Teeth. O I could weepe My Spirit from mine eyes. There is my Dagger, And heere my naked Breast: Within, a ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

... avoid. In such places it required the force of thirty men to drag the gun, and the delays became serious. Lieutenant-Colonel Tayib Agha commanded the three companies of Soudani troops who escorted the field-piece, and took it in turns to assist the artillerymen in the weary work of dragging the ...

— Ismailia • Samuel W. Baker

... literature,—any study that will give you an entire change. Change is rest; and this is truer even in mental work than in physical. Above all, do not worry. Nothing deteriorates the mind like this useless worry. When you have done your best over a lesson, do not weary and weaken yourself by fears of failure in your recitation room. Nothing will insure this failure so certainly as to expect it. Cultivate the feeling that your teacher is your friend, and more ready to help you, if you falter, ...

— Miss Ashton's New Pupil - A School Girl's Story • Mrs. S. S. Robbins

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