weary

Definitions

1. 1.Causing weariness; tiresome. "Weary way." Spenser. "There passed a weary time." Coleridge.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance. I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. Shak.
5. 5.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. See Jade.
6. 6.To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is weary.

• What is causing weariness; tiresome. "Weary way." Spenser. "There passed a weary time." Coleridge called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance. I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. Shak called?
• What is 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. See Jade called?
• What is to grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking called?