weary Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
wear out; tire; wear down; jade; fag out; fatigue; wear; tire out; outwear; fag; wear upon.
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
verb lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
jade; fatigue; pall; tire.
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
adjective satellite physically and mentally fatigued
aweary.
- `aweary' is archaic

OE. weri, AS. wrig; akin to OS. wrig, OHG. wurag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. wrian to ramble.

comparative Wearier ; superlative 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. Shak.

[I] am weary, thinking of your task. Longfellow.
Causing weariness; tiresome. "Weary way." Spenser. "There passed a weary time." Coleridge.
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. Syn. -- Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.

imperfect & past participle Wearied ; present participle & verbal noun 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. Shak.
To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. Shak.
To harass by anything irksome.
I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries. Milton.
Syn. -- To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.

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