Weary

(89), a. [compar. WEARIER; superl. WEARIEST.] [A-S. wērig, O. Sax. wuorig.]

1Sense 1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, patience, or the like; tired; fatigued.

I care not for my spirits if my legs were not so weary. Shak.

2Sense 2. Causing weariness; tiresome. “Weary way.” Spenser. “There passed a weary time.” Coleridge.

☞ This word, followed by of before the cause, means, exhausted of patience; as, to be weary of marching; to be weary of reaping; to be weary of study.

Synonyms—Tired; fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.

(89), v. t. [imp. & p. p. WEARIED; p. pr. & vb. n. WEARYING.] [See supra.] 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.

2Sense 2. To make impatient by continuance.

I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. Shak.

3Sense 3. To harass by any thing irksome.

I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries. Milton.

To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.

Synonyms—To jade; tire; fatigue; fag; dispirit. See JADE.