weary

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich (“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch (“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig (“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig (“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag (“drunken”), Latvian vārgs (“weak”), Lithuanian vergas (“slave”), Latvian vergs (“slave”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwɪə̯ɹi/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈwɪːɹɪj/ (General American, Canada, mirror–nearer merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɪɹi/ (US, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɪɚi/, /ˈwiɹi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈwiɾe/, [ˈwiːɾe], /-ɾɪ/, /-ɾi/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈwiə̯ɹi/ (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɛːɹi/ Hyphenation: wea‧ry Rhymes: -ɪəɹi Homophone: wary (cheer–chair merger) === Adjective === weary (comparative wearier, superlative weariest) Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued. Synonyms: drained, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick. Synonyms: fed up, sick to the back teeth; see also Thesaurus:annoyed Expressive of fatigue. Synonyms: drawn, haggard; see also Thesaurus:haggard Causing weariness; tiresome. Synonyms: drudgerous, tedious; see also Thesaurus:fatiguing ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === weary (third-person singular simple present wearies, present participle wearying, simple past and past participle wearied) (ambitransitive) To make or to become weary. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire ==== Derived terms ==== unwearied unwearying weariedly ==== Translations ==== === See also === wary === Anagrams === Erway, Wreay