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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
weary \wea"ry\, v. t. imp. p. p. wearied; p. pr. vb. n.
wearying.
1913 webster
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.
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so shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers.
--shak.
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2. to make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as
by continuance.
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i stay too long by thee; i weary thee. --shak.
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3. to harass by anything irksome.
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i would not cease
to weary him with my assiduous cries. --milton.
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to weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
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syn: to jade; tire; fatigue; fag. see jade.
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see also:
wearied wearying to weary out jade
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wearying
adj : producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was
especially wearing" syn: exhausting, tiring, wearing
see also:
exhausting tiring wearing
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 moby thesaurus words for "wearying":
boresome, boring, burdensome, draining, exhausting, fatiguesome,
fatiguing, grinding, grueling, harsh, heavy, irksome, killing,
onerous, oppressive, overburdensome, punishing, straining,
stressful, stupefyingly boring, stuporific, tiresome, tiring,
toilsome, trying, tyrannous, weariful, wearing, wearisome, weighty,
yawny
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