# weary

Pronunciation: say "WEER-ee" US /ˈwɪɚi/, UK/AUS /ˈwɪə̯ɹi/

## Adjective

1. Tired out, with one's strength used up by hard work or effort.
   - Simple: Very tired after working hard or doing a lot.
   - _The weary hikers dropped their packs and sat down by the fire._
   - _After a double shift, the nurses were too weary to talk._
2. Having run out of patience with, pleasure in, or contentment with something, usually followed by of.
   - Simple: Bored or annoyed with something because it has gone on too long.
   - _Voters have grown weary of the endless campaign ads._
   - _Weary of city life, they sold the apartment and bought a small farm upstate._
3. Showing or expressing tiredness, as a look, voice, or gesture can.
   - Simple: Showing that you are tired.
   - _She answered the reporter's question with a weary sigh._
   - _His weary voice on the phone told us the meeting had not gone well._
5. Making one tired or bored; tiresome.
   - Simple: Making you feel tired or bored.
   - _It was a long, weary drive across the plains in the summer heat._
   - _Packing up the old house was a weary task that took the whole weekend._

## Verb

4. To tire someone out or wear down their patience, or to grow tired or impatient oneself.
   - Simple: To make someone tired or bored, or to become tired or bored.
   - _The general knew that a long siege would weary his troops._
   - _Audiences quickly weary of sequels that repeat the same jokes._

## Origin

From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ ("weary"), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag ("weary"). It is cognate with West Frisian wurch ("tired"), Old Saxon wōrig ("weary") and Old High German wōrag ("drunken").

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