WEARY (wearied, wearier, weariest)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weary mean?
• WEARY (adjective)
The adjective WEARY has 1 sense:
1. physically and mentally fatigued
Familiarity information: WEARY used as an adjective is very rare.
• WEARY (verb)
The verb WEARY has 2 senses:
1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
2. get tired of something or somebody
Familiarity information: WEARY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WEARY (adjective)
Meaning:
Physically and mentally fatigued
Synonyms:
aweary; weary
Context example:
'aweary' is archaic
Similar:
tired (depleted of strength or energy)
• WEARY (verb)
Meaning:
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
wear out; wear down; weary; tire out; wear upon; fag out; outwear; jade; fatigue; tire; fag; wear
Context example:
We wore ourselves out on this hike
Hypernyms (to "weary" is one way to...):
indispose (cause to feel unwell)
Cause:
fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (get tired of something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weary"):
beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up (wear out completely)
overfatigue; overtire; overweary (tire excessively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam wants to weary with Sue
Meaning:
Get tired of something or somebody
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
fatigue; jade; tire; weary; pall
Hypernyms (to "weary" is one way to...):
degenerate; deteriorate; devolve; drop (grow worse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weary"):
conk out; peter out; poop out; run down; run out (use up all one's strength and energy and stop working)
retire; withdraw (lose interest)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
