WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Wea"ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. weri, AS. w; akin to OS. w, OHG. wu; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. w to ramble.]
Definition : 1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued. I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary. Shak. [I] am weary, thinking of your task. Longfellow.

2. Causing weariness; tiresome. "Weary way." Spenser. "There passed a weary time." Coleridge.

3. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study.

Syn. -- Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.

[Compar. Wearier; superl. Weariest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Wea"ry
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance. I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. Shak.

3. To harass by anything irksome. I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries. Milton. To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.

Syn. -- To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.

t. [imp. & p. p. Wearied; p. pr. & vb. n. Wearying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Wea"ry
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913