weary

weary

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wear‧y¹ /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ adjective1. very tired or bored, especially because you have been doing something for a long time:
    She found Rachel in the kitchen, looking old and weary.
    She sat down with a weary sigh.
    weary of (doing) something
    He was weary of the constant battle between them.
  REGISTER
    In everyday English, people usually say tired rather than weary:
   ▪ They were tired after their journey.
2. especially literary very tiring:
    a long and weary march
—wearily adverb
—weariness noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest: I was really tired the next day. | the tired faces of the children
   ▪ exhausted extremely tired: I was exhausted after the long trip home. | He sat down, exhausted. | She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.
   ▪ worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard: With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.
   ▪ weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time: weary travellers | a weary sigh | He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.
   ▪ fatigued formal very tired: They were too fatigued to continue with the climb. | Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.
   ▪ drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone: Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.
   ▪ bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired: I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early. | I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.
   ▪ knackered British English, pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired. Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation: By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.
   ▪ shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired: When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.
   ▪ dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep: I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.

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weary² verb (past tense and past participle wearied, present participle wearying, third person singular wearies) [intransitive and transitive]
formal to become very tired, or make someone very tired:
    Amanda wouldn’t admit how much the children wearied her.
    weary of (doing) something
    As the day wore on, we wearied of the journey.
—wearying adjective