Thesaurus: weary

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1. superl. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.
2. superl. Causing weariness; tiresome.
3. superl. 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.
4. v. t. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling.
5. v. t. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
6. v. t. To harass by anything irksome.
7. v. i. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.
8. adj. physically and mentally fatigued
9. v. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
10. v. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
11. 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. 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. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.
12. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to wearyof an undertaking.