weary
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,435 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,773 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress also: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, jade, wear out We wore ourselves out on this hike
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody also: tire, pall, fatigue, jade I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
adjective
- physically and mentally fatigued also: aweary `aweary' is archaic
weary in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Emperors were at last weary of persecuting them.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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I was weary, and I turned on my side again and slept.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Weary to view the wide world’s swarm, But blest to fold but thee.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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For many a league, for many a weary mile, We've trudged along since break of day began.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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They had all been sitting on the grass beside the buggy for a while, now, trying to rest their weary bodies.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1