weary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /-ɾi/ (Scotland)
- /ˈwiɾe/ (Scotland)
- /ˈwiə̯ɹi/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈwɪɚi/ (US) without the mirror–nearer merger
- (California) audio
- /ˈwɛːɹi/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
- /ˈwɪːɹɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈwiɹi/ (US) without the mirror–nearer merger
- /ˈwɪɹi/ General American, Canada, mirror–nearer merger
- /ˈwɪə̯ɹi/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈwiːɾe] (Scotland)
- /-ɾɪ/ (Scotland)
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”), Latvian vārgs (“weak”), Lithuanian vergas (“slave”), Latvian vergs (“slave”).
Meanings
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Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
With the lift in the block still out of order, they climbed the flights and flights of steps. When Dad finally put the key in the front door, both were weary beyond words.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:A weary traveller knocked at the door.
I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0091:[I] am weary, thinking of your task.
1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Weariness:
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Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
[Henry Chang:] Could I persuade you to accept my hospitality until such time as you should grow weary of me? [Shangai Lily:] I'm weary of you now.
1932, Jules Furthman, Shanghai Express:soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement; I grew weary of studying and left the library.
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Expressive of fatigue.
He gave me a weary smile.
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Causing weariness; tiresome.
And now she was vppon the weary way,
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 39:There passed a weary time.
1797–1798 (date written), [Samuel Taylor Coleridge], “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere”, in Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, London: […] J[ohn] & A[rthur] Arch, […], published 1798, →OCLC:She had to dance all night without resting till break of day […] Old women supported her in the weary task, and they all danced together, arm in arm.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 284:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wearier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| weariest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
war-weary · wearily · weariness · no rest for the weary · wear weary · drink-weary · weary out · no peace for the weary · dog-weary · wearisome · shank-weary · brain weary · battle-weary · world-weary
Synonyms
pissy · weariful · PO'd · nadgered · out of gas · tiresome · irritable · wearing · heavyeyed · tiring · done · whipped · bothered · pumped · drained · pissed off · tedious · drudgerous · browned off · pestered · shot · stuffed · have it in for · weary · cream crackered · shattered · fagged out · shagged out · worn · jiggered · sick to the back teeth · weariful · fried · dead tired · ratty · tired · angry · ticked off · spent · woeworn · bushed · tuckered out · drained · peeved · knackered · knacked · fatiguing · zonked · fucked · exasperated · fatigued · hold a grudge · weary · beat · played out · jaded · done in · shitty · whacked · bleary-eyed · worn out · sore · buggered · forlagen · bleary · washed out · pooped · tuckered · languid · bee in one's bonnet · vexed · dog-weary · exhausting · Kerry Packered · grueling · cheesed off · sleepy · shagged · haggard · aggravated · forworn · tired out · drawn · dog-tired · brassed off · enervated · weary · drawn · wappened · peed off · pooped out · irked · annoyed · forfairn · careworn · tired · done up · hot and bothered · banjaxed · irritated · exhausted · busted · gassed · exhaustive · bleareyed · bone-tired · teed off · run-down · weary · frustrated · wrecked · agitated · wearisome · fed up · draining · haggard
Translations (93)
nb utkjørt (tired, fatigued) · es cansino (expressive of fatigue) · ro obositor (tiresome) · es cansado (tired, fatigued) · bg изморен (expressive of fatigue) · ja 疲れた (tired, fatigued) · it tediato (tired, fatigued) · mi waea (tired, fatigued) · nb trett (tired, fatigued) · cs majicí něčeho po krk (having one's patience exhausted; sick) · cs mající něčeho plné zuby (having one's patience exhausted; sick) · da udkørt (tired, fatigued) · it spossato (expressive of fatigue) · fr las (tired, fatigued) · cs znechucený (having one's patience exhausted; sick) · ru уста́лый (tired, fatigued) · sv sliten (tired, fatigued) · la dēfessus (tired, fatigued) · fa خسته (having one's patience exhausted; sick) · az yorulmuş (tired, fatigued) · ga tuirseach (tired, fatigued) · pl znużony (having one's patience exhausted; sick) · cs dotěrný (tiresome) · sv trött (tired, fatigued) · cs znavený (tired, fatigued) · hu megviselt (tired, fatigued) · fi väsynyt (expressive of fatigue) · fr las (expressive of fatigue) · cs udřený (expressive of fatigue) · arz تعبان (tired, fatigued) · pdt kjnirr (tired, fatigued) · bg отегчителен (tiresome) · de müde (expressive of fatigue) · cs vyčerpaný (tired, fatigued) · hu fárasztó (tiresome) · la lassus (tired, fatigued) · cs otrávený (having one's patience exhausted; sick) · el κουρασμένος (tired, fatigued) · hnn aburido (tired, fatigued) · ota یورغون (tired, fatigued) · he יָגֵעַ (tired, fatigued) · az yorğun (tired, fatigued) · ga scítheach (tired, fatigued) · bg изморен (tired, fatigued) · gd airtnealach (tired, fatigued) · de müde (tired, fatigued) · da træt (expressive of fatigue) · ckb ماندو (tired, fatigued) · la fessus (tired, fatigued) · eo laca (tired, fatigued) · gl laso (tired, fatigued) · pl zmęczony (tired, fatigued) · ga atuirseach (tired, fatigued) · gl canso (tired, fatigued) · fa خستهکننده (tiresome) · mi kurukuru (tired, fatigued) · gd claoidhte (tired, fatigued) · nl vermoeiend (tiresome) · fi väsynyt (tired, fatigued) · nl uitputtend (tiresome) · ru утомлённый (tired, fatigued) · ru уста́лый (expressive of fatigue) · fa خسته (tired, fatigued) · eo laciga (tiresome) · cs otravný (tiresome) · fa خسته (expressive of fatigue) · nl vermoeid (tired, fatigued) · th เหนื่อย (tired, fatigued) · it annoiato (tired, fatigued) · cs mající něčeho dost (having one's patience exhausted; sick) · nb trøtt (tired, fatigued) · pdt meed (tired, fatigued) · pt cansado (expressive of fatigue) · cs unavený (tired, fatigued) · kix tâi (tired, fatigued) · da træt (tired, fatigued) · hu fáradt (tired, fatigued) · is þreyttur (tired, fatigued) · cs utahaný (expressive of fatigue) · es cansino (tired, fatigued) · fi lopen uupunut (tired, fatigued) · ka მოქანცული (tired, fatigued) · sv trött (expressive of fatigue) · pt cansado (tired, fatigued) · mi whakakurutahi (tired, fatigued) · ja 疲れた (expressive of fatigue) · es cansado (expressive of fatigue) · ro obosit (tired, fatigued) · pl męczący (tiresome) · nb trøytt (tired, fatigued) · ro ostenit (tired, fatigued) · es cansino (tiresome) · nl uitgeput (tired, fatigued)