weary

weary
[[t]wɪ͟əri[/t]]
wearies, wearying, wearied, wearier, weariest
1) ADJ-GRADED If you are weary, you are very tired.

Rachel looked pale and weary.

...a weary traveller...

He managed a weary smile.

Syn:
exhausted
Derived words:
wearily [[t]wɪ͟ərɪli[/t]] ADV-GRADED ADV after v

I sighed wearily...

He trudged wearily down Arthur Street.

weariness N-UNCOUNT

Despite his weariness, Brand mustered a wan smile...

He showed absolutely no signs of weariness.

2) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ of n/-ing If you are weary of something, you have become tired of it and have lost your enthusiasm for it.

They're getting awfully weary of this silly war...

She was weary of being alone.

Syn:
Derived words:
wearily ADV-GRADED usu ADV after v, also ADV adj

`I'm not Mrs Reynolds,' she said wearily...

Measures like these sound wearily familiar.

3) VERB If you weary of something or it wearies you, you become tired of it and lose your enthusiasm for it. [FORMAL]

[V of n/-ing] The public had wearied of his repeated warnings of a revolution that never seemed to start...

[V of n/-ing] He had wearied of teaching in state universities...

[V n] The political hysteria soon wearied him and he dropped the newspaper to the floor.

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