WEARY


Meaning of WEARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ wɪəri ]

( wearies, wearying, wearied, wearier, weariest)

1.

If you are weary , you are very tired.

Rachel looked pale and weary.

...a weary traveller...

= exhausted

ADJ

2.

If you are weary of something, you have become tired of it and have lost your enthusiasm for it.

They’re getting awfully weary of this silly war...

= tired

ADJ : v-link ADJ of n / -ing

3.

If you weary of something or it wearies you, you become tired of it and lose your enthusiasm for it. ( FORMAL )

The public had wearied of his repeated warnings of a revolution that never seemed to start...

The political hysteria soon wearied him and he dropped the newspaper to the floor.

= tire

VERB : V of n / -ing , V n

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