Hypertext Webster Gateway: "weary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weary \Wea"ry\, a. [Compar. {Wearier}; superl. {Weariest}.] [OE.
weri, AS. w?rig; akin to OS. w?rig, OHG. wu?rag; of uncertain
origin; cf. AS. w?rian to ramble.]
1. 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.
2. Causing weariness; tiresome. ``Weary way.'' --Spenser.
``There passed a weary time.'' --Coleridge.
3. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weary \Wea"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wearied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wearying}.]
1. 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.
2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as
by continuance.
I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak.
3. To harass by anything irksome.
I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous
cries. --Milton.
{To weary out}, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
Syn: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See {Jade}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weary \Wea"ry\, v. i.
To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary
of an undertaking.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
weary
adj : physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic"
[syn: {aweary}]
v 1: exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress;
"We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear
upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear},
{wear down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}]
2: get tired of something or somebody [syn: {tire}, {pall}, {fatigue},
{jade}]
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