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wearying

SayWEER-ee-ingUS/ˈwɪɚiɪŋ/UK · AUS/ˈwɪə̯ɹiɪŋ/

Noun pluralwearyings

2 meanings of wearying

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of weary. Use it for making someone tired, or for slowly getting tired of something.

    The long car ride was wearying the children, and they started to fight.

    After months of rain, we were wearying of staying indoors.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The act of making someone tired, little by little.

    The slow wearying of the players over the long season showed in the last games.

    Weeks of noise from next door caused a slow wearying of our nerves.

    Similarexhaustion, tiring

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wearying is a form of weary

weary, verb: To make someone tired or bored, or to become tired or bored. Full entry

Forms
wearywearies he/she/itwearying -ing formwearied past tense, past participle
Spelling
weary → wearying: add -ing

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