Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.

    A weary traveller knocked at the door.

    müde

    уста́лыйustályj, утомлённыйutomljónnyj

  2. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.

    soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement; I grew weary of studying and left the library.

  3. Expressive of fatigue.

    He gave me a weary smile.

    müde

    уста́лыйustályj

  4. Causing weariness; tiresome.

More definitions
  • physically and mentally fatigued

Examples

57 sentences
  1. Tom looks weary.

    Том має втомлений вигляд. — older

    deTom sieht müde aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. A foolish head makes for weary feet.

    За дурною головою і ногам нема покою. — deniko

    ruДурная голова ногам покоя не даёт. — salikh

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  3. Tom was weary.

    deTom war müde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. He is weary of his work.

  5. Tom weary from his long flight.

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Translations

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tired, fatigued:

Origin

From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic

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”).

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Forms

wearier, weariest
Comparativewearier Lesson
Superlativeweariest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

109 synonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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