What does weary mean?
Definitions for weary
ˈwɪər iwea·ry
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word weary.
Princeton's WordNet
aweary, wearyverb
physically and mentally fatigued
"`aweary' is archaic"
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigueverb
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
"We wore ourselves out on this hike"
tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jadeverb
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
Wiktionary
wearyverb
To make or to become weary.
wearyadjective
A feeling of being mentally fatigued.
A weary traveller knocked at the door.
wearyadjective
Expressive of fatigue.
He gave me a weary smile.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wearyadjective
Etymology: werig , Saxon; waeren, to be tired, Dutch
Fair Phœbus ’gan decline, in haste,
His weary waggon to the western vale. Edmund Spenser.Gentle Warwick,
Let me embrace thee in my weary arms,
I, that did never weep, now melt with woe. William Shakespeare.I am weary, yea, my memory is tir’d:
Have we no wine here? William Shakespeare.An old man broken with the storms of state,
Is come to lay his weary bones among ye:
Give him a little earth for charity. William Shakespeare.Let us not be weary in well-doing. Gal. vi. 9.
Our swords so wholly did the fates employ,
That they at length grew weary to destroy;
Refus’d the work we brought, and out of breath,
Made sorrow and despair attend for death. Dryden.The king was as weary of Scotland, as he had been impatient to go thither, finding all things proposed to him without consideration of his honour or interest. Edward Hyde.
My hopes all flat, nature within me seems,
In all her functions, weary of herself. John Milton.See the revolution of the times,
Make mountains level, and the continent
Weary of solid firmness, melt itself
Into the seas. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.Their gates to all were open evermore
That by the weary way were travelling,
And one sat waiting ever them before
To call in comers by that needy were and poor. Fa. Queen.The weariest and most lothed life
That age, ach, penury, imprisonment,
Can lay on nature, is a paradise
To what we fear of death. William Shakespeare.Put on what weary negligence you please,
You and your fellows; I’d have it come to question. William Shakespeare.To Wearyverb
Etymology: from the adjective.
Better that the enemy seek us;
So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers,
Doing himself offence. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.The people labour in the very fire, weary themselves for very vanity. Hab. ii. 13.
Dewy sleep oppress’d them weary’d. John Milton.
Sea would be pools without the brushing air,
To curl the waves; and sure some little care
Should weary nature so; to make her want repose. Dryden.You have already weary’d fortune so,
She cannot farther be your friend or foe,
But sits all breathless. Dryden.It would not be difficult to continue a paper by resuming the same subjects, and wearying out the reader with the same thoughts in a different phrase. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
I stay too long by thee, I weary thee. William Shakespeare, Henry V.
Should the government be wearied out of its present patience, what is to be expected by such turbulent men? Addis.
Must’ring all her wiles,
With blandish’d parleys, feminine assaults,
Tongue-batteries; she surceas’d not day nor night
To storm me over-watch’d and weary’d out. John Milton.
ChatGPT
weary
Weary is defined as being physically or mentally exhausted, tired, or fatigued due to prolonged effort, strain, or hardship. It can also refer to a feeling of being bored, disinterested, or discontented.
Webster Dictionary
Weary
having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued
Weary
causing weariness; tiresome
Weary
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
Wearyverb
to reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling
Wearyverb
to make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance
Wearyverb
to harass by anything irksome
Wearyverb
to grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Weary
wē′ri, adj. worn-out: having the strength or patience exhausted: tired: causing weariness: (prov.) puny.—v.t. to wear out or make weary: to reduce the strength or patience of: to harass.—v.i. to become weary or impatient: to long for.—adjs. Wea′ried, tired; Wea′riful, wearisome.—adv. Wea′rifully.—adj. Wea′riless, incessant.—adv. Wea′rily.—n. Wea′riness.—adj. Wea′risome, making weary: tedious.—adv. Wea′risomely.—n. Wea′risomeness.—Weary out, to exhaust. [A.S. wérig, weary.]
Weary
wē′ri, n. (Scot.) a curse, as in 'weary on you.'
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WEARY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Weary is ranked #16887 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Weary surname appeared 1,687 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Weary.
58.3% or 984 total occurrences were Black.
37.7% or 637 total occurrences were White.
1.7% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.7% or 29 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of weary in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of weary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of weary in a Sentence
Nay, tempt me not to love again: There was a time when love was sweet; Dear Nea! had I known thee then, Our souls had not been slow to meet! But oh! this weary heart hath run So many a time the rounds of pain, Not even for thee, thou lovely one! Would I endure such pangs again.
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can excercise their constitutional right of amending it, or excercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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- müdeGerman
- κουρασμένοςGreek
- cansar, cansadoSpanish
- lopen uupunut, väsynytFinnish
- lasser, las, lasseFrench
- fáradtHungarian
- lelahIndonesian
- annoiato, far scendere il latte alle ginocchia, spossato, tediato, annoiare, annoiarsi, tediareItalian
- לְהַלאוֹתHebrew
- 疲れたJapanese
- მოქანცულიGeorgian
- ದಣಿದKannada
- ماندوKurdish
- fessi roboreLatin
- uitputting, uitputten, vermoeidheid, vermoeienDutch
- утомлённый, усталыйRussian
- trött, trötta ut, trötta, tröttnaSwedish
- стомленийUkrainian
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