weary

CEFRB2

/ˈwɪə̯ɹi/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very tired, especially after effort or travel.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Expressive of fatigue.

Examples

  • Come on, sit down and rest your weary legs.

  • I was weary of doing the same thing over and over again.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈwiɹi/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.

  2. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.

  3. Causing weariness; tiresome.

More examples

In context

  • A weary traveller knocked at the door.

  • soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement; I grew weary of studying and left the library.

  • He gave me a weary smile.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich (“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch (“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig (“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig (“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag (“drunken”), Latvian vārgs (“weak”), Lithuanian vergas (“slave”), Latvian vergs (“slave”).