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adjective, wea·ri·er, wea·ri·est.

  1. physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
  2. characterized by or causing fatigue: a weary journey.
  3. impatient or dissatisfied with something (often followed by of): weary of excuses.
  4. characterized by or causing impatience or dissatisfaction; tedious; irksome: a weary wait.

verb (used with or without object), wea·ried, wea·ry·ing.

  1. to make or become weary; fatigue or tire: The long hours of work have wearied me.
  2. to make or grow impatient or dissatisfied with something or at having too much of something (often followed by of): The long drive had wearied us of desert scenery. We had quickly wearied at such witless entertainment.

adjective -rier or -riest

  1. tired or exhausted
  2. causing fatigue or exhaustion
  3. caused by or suggestive of wearinessa weary laugh
  4. (postpositive; often foll by of or with) discontented or bored, esp by the long continuance of something

verb -ries, -rying or -ried

  1. to make or become weary
  2. to make or become discontented or impatient, esp by the long continuance of something

v.Old English wergian (intransitive), gewergian (transitive), from the source of weary (adj.). Related: Wearied; wearying. adj.Old English werig “tired,” related to worian “to wander, totter,” from West Germanic *worigaz (cf. Old Saxon worig “weary,” Old High German wuorag “intoxicated”), of unknown origin.

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