Category:Weary

Wea"ry, a. [compar. Wearier; superl. Weariest.] Etym: [oe. weri, as. W; akin to os. w, ohg. wu; of uncertain origin; cf. As. w 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.

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.

Weary Wea"ry, v. i.

Defn: to grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary Of an undertaking.