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单词 weary
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wearyadj.

Brit. /ˈwɪəri/, U.S. /ˈwɪri/
Forms: Old English wœ́rig, ( uoerig), wérig; Middle English weri, (Middle English wæri), Middle English–1500s werie, wery, (Middle English wiry, Middle English wyry), Middle English, 1500s Scottish very, (Middle English were, werre), Middle English–1500s werye, 1500s weery, wiery, 1500s–1800s Scottish wearie, 1500s– weary.
Etymology: Old English wérig, corresponding to Old Saxon (sîð-) wôrig weary (with a journey), Old High German wuarag drunk < West Germanic *wōrigo-, -ago-. The root *wōr- seems to be identical with that in Old English wórian to wander, go astray, and in Old Norse órar fits of madness, œ́r-r mad, insane; the primary sense was perhaps ‘bewildered’, ‘stupefied’.
I. Feeling or experiencing tiredness, and related uses.
1.
a. Having the feeling of loss of strength, languor, and need for rest, produced by continued exertion (physical or mental), endurance of severe pain, or wakefulness; tired, fatigued. Now with stronger sense: Intensely tired, worn out with fatigue.The strong emotional emphasis which the word has acquired in modern times tends to exclude it from colloquial use and from unimpassioned prose.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]
wearyc825
asadc1306
ateyntc1325
attaintc1325
recrayed1340
methefula1350
for-wearya1375
matea1375
taintc1380
heavy1382
fortireda1400
methefula1400
afoundered?a1425
tewedc1440
travailedc1440
wearisomec1460
fatigate1471
defatigatec1487
tired1488
recreant1490
yolden?1507
fulyeit?a1513
traiked?a1513
tavert1535
wearied1538
fatigated1552
awearya1555
forwearied1562
overtired1567
spenta1568
done1575
awearied1577
stank1579
languishinga1586
bankrupt?1589
fordone1590
spent1591
overwearied1592
overworn1592
outworn1597
half-dead1601
back-broken1603
tiry1611
defatigated1612
dog-wearya1616
overweary1617
exhaust1621
worn-out1639
embossed1651
outspent1652
exhausted1667
beaten1681
bejaded1687
harassed1693
jaded1693
lassate1694
defeata1732
beat out1758
fagged1764
dog-tired1770
fessive1773
done-up1784
forjeskit1786
ramfeezled1786
done-over1789
fatigued1791
forfoughten1794
worn-up1812
dead1813
out-burnta1821
prostrate1820
dead beat1822
told out1822
bone-tireda1825
traiky1825
overfatigued1834
outwearied1837
done like (a) dinner1838
magged1839
used up1839
tuckered outc1840
drained1855
floored1857
weariful1862
wappered1868
bushed1870
bezzled1875
dead-beaten1875
down1885
tucked up1891
ready (or fit) to drop1892
buggered-up1893
ground-down1897
played1897
veal-bled1899
stove-up1901
trachled1910
ragged1912
beat up1914
done in1917
whacked1919
washy1922
pooped1928
shattered1930
punchy1932
shagged1932
shot1939
whipped1940
buggered1942
flaked (out)1942
fucked1949
sold-out1958
wiped1958
burnt out1959
wrung out1962
juiced1965
hanging1971
zonked1972
maxed1978
raddled1978
zoned1980
cream crackered1983
c825 Vesp. Psalter Hymn xii Mentes fessas, mod woerigu.
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. ix. 180 Þa heo þa on þære stowe geseted wæs, ða wæs heo werig.
c940 Brunanburh in Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 937 Þær læg secg mænig, garum ageted,..ofer scild scoten,..werig, wiges sæd.
OE Cynewulf Elene 357 Þa weregan neat, þe man daga gehwam drifeð ond þirsceð, ongitaþ hira goddend, nales gnyrnwræcum feogað frynd hiera þe him fodder gifað.
a1200 Moral Ode (Lamb. MS.) 240 Ho [sc. souls in hell] walkeð weri up and dun, se water deð mid winde.
c1290 Katerine 24 in S.E. Leg. 92 Of sonne and Mone and steorrene also, fram þe este to þe weste Þat trauaillieth and neuere werie ne beoth.
c1290 Beket 1158 in S.E. Leg. 139 Swiþe weri was þe holi man, onneþe he bar up is fet.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2518 Meliors was so wery þat sche ne walk miȝt.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvi. 75 He was so wery þat he myȝt na ferther.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 143 His men als that wer very Hynt of thair basnetis.
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Matt. xi. 28 Come vnto me all ye that are wearie and laden.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 68v The fift or odde Crane..flieth all alone before, till he be wearie so doing.
1684 J. Smith Profit & Pleasure United 159 To know when the Stag is weary, is easily done by his Slavering, froathing at the Mouth, [etc.].
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. xliv. 188 After an absence of twenty days, they returned weary and discouraged.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 17 Producing what? A pair of slippers, sir, To put on when you're weary.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard i. ii. 30 I am tired too soon; I could have danced down hours Two years gone hence and felt no wearier.
absolute.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xl. 29 The Lord..ȝyueth to the weri vertue.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job iii. 17 There resteden the wery in strengthe [1611 There the wearie be at rest].1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 627 The Duke of Yorke sent euer fresh men, to succor the werie, and put new men in places of the hurt persons.1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 28 Death may bring rest to the weary and overladen.1804 T. Campbell Soldier's Dream 4 Thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die.1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lviii. 587 The eternal book for all the weary, and the heavy-laden.1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 105 In a few minutes we were sleeping the sleep of the weary.
b. said of the body, its limbs or organs.
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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8280 To lechinien þa wunden of leofenen his cnihten. & baðien on burȝe heore wærie ban.
1573 G. Gascoigne Hearbes in Posies in Wks. (1907) I. 354 If thou sitte at ease to rest thy wearie bones.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B7 There they alight, in hope..to..Rest their weary limbs a tide.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 130 Late at Night, with weary Pinions come The lab'ring Youth, and heavy laden home. View more context for this quotation
1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. (1810) 12 How oft..We..Welcom'd the wild-bee home on weary wing.
1841 H. W. Longfellow Excelsior v ‘O stay,’ the maiden said, ‘and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!’
c. with the source of weariness indicated. Const. with, formerly also †of (now only in sense 2), †for, or †genitive.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > with cause specified
wearyOE
OE Riddle 54 10 Þegn onnette, wæs þragum nyt tillic esne, teorode hwæþre æt stunda gehwam strong ær þon hio, werig þæs weorces.
OE Beowulf 579 Siþes werig.
c1220 Bestiary 635 Ðanne he is of walke weri.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9185 Heo beoð swiðe werie [c1300 Otho weri] iboren heore wepnen.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 7 I was weori of wandringe [B. wery forwandred].
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 440 Ne certis she was fatt no thing But semed wery for fasting.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John iv. 6 Jhesu maad wery, or feynt, of the iurney, sat thus on the welle.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) x. 40 When he was wery of bering of þe crosse.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxvii. 157 They fonde the watchemen sore wery of longe watche.
1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 93 Both armies being werie with fighting.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vii. sig. Ee6 Wearie of trauell in his former fight, He there in shade himselfe had layd to rest. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 134 You Sun-burn'd Sicklemen of August weary . View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 179 My horse weary of this long journey without so much as a daies rest, beganne to faint.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 140 Weary with his Toyl, and scorch'd with Heat. View more context for this quotation
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. ii. 10 The stag-hounds, weary with the chase, Lay stretched upon the rushy floor.
d. Of pace, tread, voice, etc.: showing signs of fatigue.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > showing signs of weariness or exhaustion
wearyOE
haggard1605
toil-worn1752
tired-faced1895
tired-eyed1905
worn-looking1918
OE Crist III 992 Beornas gretað, weþað wanende wergum stefnum, heane, hygegeomre, hreowum gedreahte.
1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes i. 3 When at length His weary steps have reach'd the top.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 562 His Foes in sight, he mends his weary pace.
1786 R. Burns Poems 160 I spy'd a man, whose aged step Seem'd weary, worn with care.
1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 167 The weary sound and the heavy breath, And the silent motions of passing death.
1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 13 The beaten road Which those poor slaves with weary footsteps tread.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xv. 176 Accordingly, towards this spot, they directed their weary steps.
†e. quasi-n. in for weary: see for-weary adj. at for- prefix1 2a.
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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2443 Wel out from alle weyes for-wery þei hem rested.
14.. Sir Beues (O.) 2449 What for wery and what for faynt, Syr Beuys was nerehande attaynt.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 5574 Then were the Troyens wel weri, Thei myght not for weri hem steri.
c1400 Rom. Rose 3336 Forwery, for-wandred as a fool.
a1450 Mirk's Festial 180 But on þe morow, what for wach, what for wery, he fylle on slepe.
c1460 Towneley Myst. (1836) xxx. 226 Vnethes may I wag, man, for wery in youre stabill Whils I set my stag, man.
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 271 Forwerre slidus he on slepe; No lengur myȝte he wake.
f. Weary Willie n. see tired Tim at tired adj.1 1c.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar
beggara1250
bidder1362
mendinantc1395
mendivaunt1395
craver1406
thigger1424
gangrela1450
mendicant1474
mendiant1483
eremite1495
Lazarus?a1513
truandals1523
bellyterc1540
clapperdudgeon1567
beggar-man1608
maunder1609
maunderer1611
Abraham cove1612
eleemosynary1643
mumpera1652
jockey1685
progger1685
asker1708
thigster1710
prog1828
shooler1830
cadger1851
panhandler1893
Weary Willie1896
schlepper1901
plinger1904
peg-legger1915
tapper1930
clochard1940
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who
skulkc1320
loundererc1425
old soldier1722
malingerer1785
skulker1785
shirker1799
shirk1818
slink1824
schemer1843
sconcer1843
scrimshanker1882
scrimshank1886
sooner1892
Weary Willie1896
slacker1898
slackster1901
sugarer1904
work-shy1904
gold brick1905
tired Tim (also Timothy)1906
lead-swinger1917
piker1917
gold-bricker1919
slinker1919
poler1938
skiver1941
1896 Illustr. Chips 16 May 1/3 Lazy Larry: ‘Watcher doin', Willie?’ Weary Willie: ‘Oh, jest wipin out a little debt I owe.’
1901 Munsey's Mag. Sept. 884/2 Dan had not been gone a day when the first Weary Willy appeared and demanded pie, with a horrid leer.
1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands vii. 76 ‘Garn,’ he said, ‘no airs. Yer Weary Willie's brother Sam, halias Ther Frequent Sleeper, [etc.].’
1909 Punch 20 Jan. 46 (caption to picture of two tramps) Weary Willie: I'd sooner walk up 'ill than I would down, any day—it do throw yer into yer boots so.
1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 27 Comic papers..brought home to us the picturesque language of Weary Willy and Tired Tim (the genial tramps—whence these words are frequently used as appellatives for ‘tramps’ in general).
1929 Amer. Speech 4 345 Weary Willie, a tramp who usually hikes it and is too tired to work.
1972 J. Porter Meddler & her Murder xii. 157 With Miss Jones in..her Tired-Tim-and-Weary-Willie mood, there was no temptation to linger.
2.
a. Discontented at the continuance or continued recurrence of something, and desiring its cessation; having one's patience, tolerance, zeal, or energy exhausted; ‘sick and tired’ of something. Also with in, and to with infinitive.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > weary of person or thing
wearyc1275
sick1603
tired1672
full up1871
jack1885
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 666 Ne bið na man weri heora songes to heræn.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 181 Whan he is wery of þat werke þanne wil he some tyme Labory in a lauendrye.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 1042 It [sc. the Paternoster] is schort..for a man schulde be þe lasse wery to say it.
c1400 Rom. Rose 6298 I wol no more of this thing seyn, If I may passen me herby; I mighte maken you wery.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xvi. i. 664 I am nyghe wery of this quest.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Thess. iii. 13 Brethren be not weary in well doynge. [So all later versions exc. Rheims.]
1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Gal. vi. 9 Let vs not be wery of well doynge [1611 in well doing].
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms vi. 6 I am weery of gronynge.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Mviii In the exercyse and studdye of the mynde they be neuer werye.
c1592 Faire Em sig. E1 I am growen werie of his companie.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 193 He that keepes neither crust nor crum, Wearie of all, shall want some. View more context for this quotation
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. i. i. 12 'Tis just some joyes on weary Kings should waite.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 243 By this time the King was as weary of Scotland, as he had been impatient to go thither.
1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 143 He cannot be ignorant how weary we are of the war.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. i. 4 The last of these Voyages not proving very fortunate, I grew weary of the Sea.
1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 221 There's somebody weary wi' lying her lane.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna Ded. p. xxvii For I grow weary to behold The selfish and the strong still tyrannise Without reproach or check.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xxi. iv, in Maud & Other Poems 68 She is weary of dance and play.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Islet 29 His compass is but of a single note, That it makes one weary to hear.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 122 Plato is never weary of speaking of the honour of the soul.
b. Tired of, anxious to be rid of (a person). rare.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > weary of person or thing > anxious to be rid of someone
weary?c1472
?c1472 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 123 Me thynk þay sshuld nat be so wery of yow, þat dyd so gret labour & diligence to have yow.
1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. E1 All parts abroade where euer I haue beene, Growes wearie of me, and denies me succour.
a1652 R. Brome City Wit iv. i. sig. D7, in Five New Playes (1653) I will suddenly take occasion to break with the Foole Wolsie; of whom I am heartily weary.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 137 I am weary of her.
c. Exhausted or tired with waiting or longing for.
ΚΠ
1902 ‘L. Hope’ Garden of Kama 53 My arms are empty, and so weary for your beauty.
3. Depressed and dispirited through trouble, anxiety, disappointment, etc.; sick at heart.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
ungladc888
wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
heavyc1000
unmerryOE
droopy?c1225
mournc1275
sada1300
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amayedc1330
matec1330
unlightc1330
unblissful1340
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mishappyc1390
dullc1393
elengely1393
droopinga1400
heavy-hearteda1400
joylessa1400
sytefula1400
mornifc1400
tristy?c1400
lightless?1406
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tristc1420
amatec1425
languoring?c1425
mirthlessc1430
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darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
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chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
dolorous1513
ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
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dowlyc1540
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discouraged1548
uncheerfulc1555
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out of heart1565
sadded1566
amoped1573
tristive1578
desolated1580
dejected1581
à la mort1586
delightless1589
afflicted1590
gladless1590
groanful1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
sitheful1592
cloudy1594
leaden-hearted1596
disconsolated1598
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life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
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tristitious1694
unenjoying1697
unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
malagrugrous1818
down in the hip1826
yonderly1828
sunshineless1831
downfaced1832
broody1851
in a (or the) trough1856
blue-devilly1871
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glummy1884
pippy1886
humpy1889
pipped1914
lousy1933
pissed1943
crappy1956
doomy1961
bummed1970
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxii. §1 Eala Wisdom, þu ðe eart sio hehste frofer ealra werigra moda.
OE Wanderer 15 Ne mæg werig mod wyrde wiðstondan, ne se hreo hyge helpe gefremman.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14015 Þa wes ich al wet & weri [c1300 Otho wery] of sorȝen and seoc.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15875 Mate and weri war þai þan.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras xii. 5 Yet am I weery in my minde.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 99 Many febul & wery soulys wych have byn oppressyd wyth wordly vanyte.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 113 1 Murth. So wearie with Disasters, tugg'd with Fortune. View more context for this quotation
17.. Slighted Nansy in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 23 Far ben the house I rin; And a weary wight am I.
1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 387 How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o' care!
1892 L. Johnson in 1st Bk. Rhymers' Club 6 Our wearier spirit faints, Vexed in the world's employ.
4. Of persons: Having little strength, feeble, sickly. Scottish and dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak
unmightyeOE
unferea1060
unwieldc1220
fade1303
lewc1325
weak1340
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sicklyc1374
unwieldyc1386
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lowa1398
unmighta1450
unlustyc1450
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wearyc1480
failed1490
worn1508
caduke?1518
fainty1530
weak1535
debile1536
fluey1545
tewly?1547
faltering1549
puling1549
imbecilec1550
debilitate1552
flash1562
unable1577
unhealthful1595
unabled1597
whindling1601
infirm1608
debilitated1611
bedrid1629
washya1631
silly1636
fluea1645
tender1645
invaletudinary1661
languishant1674
valetudinaire?c1682
puly1688
thriftless1693
unheartya1699
wishy-washy1703
enervate1706
valetudinarian1713
lask1727
wersh1755
palliea1774
wankle1781
asthenic1789
atonic1792
squeal1794
adynamic1803
worn-down1814
totterish1817
asthenical1819
prostrate1820
used up1823
wankya1825
creaky1834
groggy1834
puny1838
imbeciled1840
rickety-rackety1840
muscleless1841
weedy1849
tottery1861
crocky1880
wimbly-wambly1881
ramshackle1889
twitterly1896
twittery1907
wonky1919
strung out1959
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 240 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 303 Þocht he auld & very vas.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. iii. 250 Than was Ebucius, ane of þe consullis, dede in þe ciete, and his colleig seruilius sa wery þat he mycht skarsly draw his aynd.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) A weary bairn, a child that is declining, S.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) It is a poor weary child.
1879 Good Words 20 405/1 The minister had christened Nicky Macdonald's bairn in the house, since it was far too weary a thing to be brought to the kirk.
figurative.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. vii. 273 Þe ciete was nocht sa wery [L. aegram] þat It mycht be dantit with sic remedis as It was wont to be.
II. Causing weariness.
5. Fatiguing, toilsome, exhausting. (Sometimes blending indistinguishably with sense 6.)
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > causing weariness or exhaustion
wearyc1315
soakingc1440
tired1548
moilingc1566
wearisome1593
tiring1594
overtiring1598
tiresome1598
defatigating1634
defatigable1654
fatigable1656
fatiguing1708
fatiguesomea1734
jading1766
fagging1787
wearying1798
exhausting18..
taversome1808
harassing1833
killing1850
trashing1861
trachling1902
c1315 Shoreham ii. 84 To bere hyt [sc. the cross] to caluary, I-wys, hyt was wel wery.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 457 The dede sleep for wery bisynesse Fil on this Carpenter.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxixv They wente a werye and a paynefull Iorney [L. difficili et molesto itinere].
1560 Bible (Geneva) Isa. xxxii. 2 As the shadowe of a great rocke in a wearie land. [Literal from the Heb.]
1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics ix. 29 Let's synging passe our weary waye, lesse trouble wyll be oures.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 150 Many a weary Stroke it [sc. the boat] had cost, you may be sure; and there remain'd nothing but to get it into the Water.
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 21 Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 232 O Life! Thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds vi. 76 It was weary work with any tool but the hatchet.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters v, in Poems (new ed.) 110 Evermore Most weary seemed the sea, weary the oar.
1849 W. E. Aytoun Lays Sc. Cavaliers (ed. 2) 72 And aye we sail'd, and aye we sail'd Across the weary sea.
1894 J. A. Steuart In Day of Battle iv India..is far away. Many a weary mile lies between us and it.
6.
a. Irksome, wearisome, tedious; in graver sense, burdensome to the spirit.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 299 Thys ys to wyry a lyffe to a-byde for you and all youre.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 129 The weariest, and most loathed worldly life That Age, Ache, periury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature. View more context for this quotation
1798 W. Wordsworth Lines Tintern Abbey in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 203 In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world Is lighten'd.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. 208 In the rude guard-room, where of yore Their weary hours the warders wore.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xx. 294 Like the clear sunshine after weary rain.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Cup i. ii. 26 I have had a weary day in watching you. Yours must have been a wearier.
†b. Of discourse, a speaker or writer: Tedious, wearisome. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > of persons
weary1549
wearisome1573
musty1603
slow1840
anoraked1960
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull
tedious1412
weary1549
plumbeousa1586
ungayed1670
deserta1674
prosaic1692
pedestrian1716
languishing1741
unglittering1813
prosy1837
urned1849
monotone1862
bluebooky1872
stodgy1874
pedestrial1941
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Tim. i. f. iiii Wherto should a man labour for saluacion by meanes of so many wiery obseruacions [L. per tot molestas obseruatiunculas ad salutem contendere].
1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste vii. 15 b Sundry are the considerations, of whiche Lactantius Firmianus..as also somme others, haue written, large, & wery volumes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 25 Your Brother kindly greets you; Not to be weary with you; he's in prison. View more context for this quotation
7. Scottish and northern dialect.
a. Sad, sorrowful, hard to endure.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective]
eileOE
soreOE
balefulc1200
carefulc1200
aching?c1225
pinefulc1225
sughendc1230
pininga1250
stinginga1250
toughc1275
deringa1325
unsetec1325
unwinc1330
throlya1375
encumbrousc1384
grievable1390
painful1395
plaintfula1400
sweamlya1400
swemandc1400
temptingc1400
importunea1425
sweamfulc1430
penible?a1439
discomfortingc1450
grievingc1450
remordingc1450
sorousc1503
badc1530
paining1532
raw1548
nippingc1550
smartful1556
pinching1563
grievesome1568
griping1568
afflictive1576
pressing1591
boisterous1599
heartstruck1608
carkingc1620
gravaminous1659
vellicating1669
weary1785
traumatizing1970
gut-wrenching1972
1785 W. Forbes Dominie Depos'd ii. 35 in Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. With bludder'd cheeks and watry nose, Her weary story she did close.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby iii. 143 A weary lot is thine, fair maid.
a1893 in R. Ford in Harp Perthshire 24 This weary, waefu' tale o' mine.
b. As an expression of irritation: Tiresome, vexatious, ‘wretched’, ‘confounded’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious
angeeOE
swinkfuleOE
plightlyOE
teenfulOE
contrariousc1320
drefa1325
troublinga1325
despitousa1340
thornya1340
discomfortablec1350
troublablec1374
noyousa1382
noyfulc1384
diseasy1387
angrya1393
painful1395
hackinga1400
annoying?c1400
annoyousc1400
cumbrousc1400
teenc1400
annoyfulc1405
sputousc1420
diseasefula1425
molest?a1425
noying?a1425
noisomea1450
grievingc1450
tedious?1454
troublous1463
noisantc1475
displeasant1481
strouble1488
nuisant1494
noyanta1500
irksome1513
sturting1513
molestious1524
vexatious1534
cumbersome1535
uncommodious1541
spiteful1548
vexing?1548
incommodious1551
molestous1555
diseasing1558
grating1563
pestilent1565
sturtsome1570
molestuousa1572
troublesome1573
murrain1575
discommodable1579
galling1583
spiny1586
unsupportable1586
troubleful1588
plaguey1594
distressingc1595
molestful1596
molesting1598
vexful1598
fretful1603
briery1604
bemadding1608
mortifying1611
tiry1611
distressfula1616
irking1629
angersome1649
disobliging1652
discomforting1654
incomfortable1655
incommode1672
ruffling1680
unconvenient1683
pestifying1716
trying1718
offending1726
bothering1765
pesky1775
weary1785
sturty1788
unaccommodating1790
tiresome1798
werriting1808
bothersome1817
plaguesome1828
pestilential1833
fretsome1834
languorous1834
pesty1834
pestersome1843
nettlesome1845
miserable1850
niggling1854
distempering1855
be-maddeninga1861
nattery1873
nagging1883
pestiferous1890
trouble-giving1893
maddening1896
molestive1905
nuisancy1906
balls-aching?1912
nuisance1922
nattering1949
noodgy1969
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
cockish1996
1785 W. Forbes Dominie Depos'd i. 27 in Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. Wae worth that weary sup of drink He lik'd so well!
1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Weary, wretched, cursed; as the weary or weariful fox.
1845 A. M. Hall Whiteboy I. x. 166 I went hunting everywhere for the weary cat and her kittens.
1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xiv. 131 Ye weary, weirdless, ne'er-do-weel vagabond.
1893 ‘L. Keith’ 'Lisbeth ii 'Lisbeth, mind these weary steps. Your aunt's very infirm in the feet.
c. quasi-adv. as an intensive: Grievously, ‘sadly’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad
sorea1300
grievously1340
terrible1490
beastly?1518
shrewdlyc1533
arrantly?1548
murrainly?1548
abominablea1550
pestilence1567
pestilently1567
cursedly1570
pestiferously1570
murrain1575
plaguey1584
plaguilya1586
grievous1598
scandalously1602
horridly1603
terribly1604
monstrously1611
hellish1614
dreadfullya1616
horrid1615
pestilenta1616
infernally1638
preposterously1661
woeful1684
confoundedly1694
confounded1709
glaringly1709
cursed1719
flagrantly1756
weary1790
disgustingly1804
filthy1827
blamed1833
peskily1833
pesky1833
blame1843
blasted1854
wickedly1858
blatantly1878
shamelessly1885
disgracefully1893
ruddy1913
bastarda1935
pissing1951
sodding1954
pissingly1971
1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 262 Poor Scota now is daz'd and auld, Her childrens blood rins weary cauld, To see her Palace like a fauld For haddin' sheep!
1860 J. P. Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale II. 155 Hoo'll be weary pottert (disturbed) wi' a letter fro' onybody bur mysel'.
8. Scottish in certain phrases, perhaps influenced by wary v., to curse: weary fa' (fall), weary on, weary set (a person or thing), a curse on (him, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations
woeOE
dahetc1290
confoundc1330
foul (also shame) fall ——c1330
sorrow on——c1330
in the wanianda1352
wildfirea1375
evil theedomc1386
a pestilence on (also upon)c1390
woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390
maldathaita1400
murrainc1400
out ona1415
in the wild waning worldc1485
vengeance?a1500
in a wanion1549
with a wanion1549
woe worth1553
a plague on——a1566
with a wanion to?c1570
with a wanyand1570
bot1584
maugre1590
poxa1592
death1593
rot1594
rot on1595
cancro1597
pax1604
pize on (also upon)1605
vild1605
peascod1606
cargo1607
confusion1608
perditiona1616
(a) pest upon1632
deuce1651
stap my vitals1697
strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697
stop my vitals1699
split me (or my windpipe)1700
rabbit1701
consume1756
capot me!1760
nick me!1760
weary set1788
rats1816
bad cess to1859
curse1885
hanged1887
buggeration1964
1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 168 Weary fa' you, Duncan Gray.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 239 O, weary on the wars! mony's the comely face they destroy.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 71 O weary fa' thae evil days!
1828 W. M'Dowall Poems 21 There's Brawnie, weary on her, Hear how she roars an' rowts.
1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 149 Weary set that chiel',..he has seerly nae taste ava.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ii. 21 The French recruiting, weary fall it!
1896 ‘A. Lilburn’ Borderer xxix. 221 Eh, weary on us! There seems no end to our misfortunes.

Compounds

C1.
weary-brained adj.
ΚΠ
1898 G. B. Shaw Let. 1 May (1972) II. 38 I finish the book at a sitting, as I don't want to be weary-brained when Charlotte comes.
weary-eyed adj.
ΚΠ
1930 J. Masefield Wanderer of Liverpool 24 Weary-eyed men came on deck.
weary-laden adj.
ΚΠ
1786 R. Burns Poems 165 A blest relief for those That weary-laden mourn!
weary-looking adj.
ΚΠ
1885 R. Gower Old Diaries (1902) 21 A worn weary-looking man of middle age.
weary-winged adj.
ΚΠ
1833 W. P. Scargill Puritan's Grave (1846) 63 The occasional cawing of the weary-winged rooks.
weary-worn adj.
ΚΠ
1795–6 W. Wordsworth Borderers i. 420 If you knew..how sleep will master The weary-worn.
a1821 J. Keats Otho ii. ii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 148 For I am sick and faint with many wrongs, Tired out, and weary-worn with contumelies.
C2.
† weary-foot adj. Obsolete having weary feet, tired with walking.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > by or with walking or running
forrun1297
forwalkeda1375
weary of-walkedc1400
forrakeda1500
surbated1575
footsore1660
weary-foot1791
footworn1792
stagged-up1866
run1876
1791 J. O'Keeffe Wild Oats ii. i. 23 For the hungry and weary foot travellers my doors are always open.

Derivatives

† ˈwerihede n. [-head suffix] Obsolete weariness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun]
wearinessc900
slemea1300
werihede1340
talma1400
aneantizinga1425
faintnessa1440
defatigation1508
languishness?1529
lassitude1541
tiredness1552
overtiring1598
attainta1616
languishmentc1620
exhaustment1621
prostrationa1626
exhaustiona1639
tiresomeness1646
lassation1650
exantlation1651
fessitude1656
faintingnessa1661
delassation1692
tiriness1697
languor1707
fatigue1719
exhausture1779
distress1803
exhaustedness1840
worn-outness1844
tire1859
dead-beatness1907
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 Efterward comþ werihede þet makeþ þane man weri and worsi uram daye to daye.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

wearyv.

Brit. /ˈwɪəri/, U.S. /ˈwɪri/
Forms: Past tense and participle wearied /ˈwɪərɪd/. Forms: Old English ( ge)wérigian, ( ge)wérgian, wérian, Middle English werȝe, Middle English–1500s wery(e, werie, 1500s weerie, 1500s–1600s wearie, 1500s– weary.
Etymology: Old English wér(i)gian , -gean intransitive, and gewérgian transitive, < wérig weary adj.
I. intransitive. To grow weary.
1.
a. To become tired; to suffer fatigue. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)]
wearyc890
atirec1000
tirec1000
sowp1513
inweary1611
outwear1614
jade1627
fag1722
to knock up1771
to be sinking1782
c890 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 204 Þæt ilce mod ægþer ge mid healicum mægnum weaxeð & strangað & eac of his agenre untrymnysse wergað & teorað.
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. xxvii. 78 Forðon hyngran, þyrstan, hatian, calan, wærigian, al þæt is of untrymnesse þæs gecyndes.
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. ix. 178 Þa ongon his hors semninga wergian & gestondan.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 185 Ȝef ha wergeð euchan wreoðeð him bi oðer.
1577 J. Grange Garden in Golden Aphroditis sig. Rjv My hande with long holdyng werieth.
1686 P. Gordon Diary (1859) 126 I had not ridden four miles when one of the horses wearyed.
a1776 Lizae Baillie xi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 269 She was nae ten miles frae the town When she began to weary.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxv. 42 Nor could I weary, heart or limb, When [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
b. Of the heart, mind, patience, etc.: To become tired or exhausted. Also of a person, to grow dispirited or sick at heart.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)]
heavyOE
fallOE
droopena1225
lourc1290
droopc1330
to abate one's countenance (also cheer)a1350
dullc1374
fainta1375
languora1375
languisha1382
afflicta1393
gloppen?a1400
weary1434
appalc1450
to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)c1450
peak1580
dumpc1585
mopea1592
sink1603
bate1607
deject1644
despond1655
alamort?1705
sadden1718
dismal1780
munge1790
mug1828
to get one's tail down1853
to have (also get) the pip1881
shadow1888
to have (one's) ass in a sling1960
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 124 Stedfastly he bidys in body & werus not in hart.
1600 R. Sidney Let. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1769) I. 123 Thus I will lay down my quill, which seldom wearys in a friendly tale.
1650 J. Carstaires Lett. (1846) 74 I hope he [God] keeps you from wearieing in reference to the delay of our libertie.
1769 E. Carter Let. 22 Sept. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) II. 195 The spirit wearies with perpetual dissipation.
1829 J. F. W. Herschel Ess. (1857) 514 That diligence which never wearies,..goes on adding grain by grain to the mass of results.
1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 76 His poetic mind never wearied.
c. To become affected with tedium or ennui.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored [verb (intransitive)]
forirka1325
irkc1330
tire?a1513
long1606
weary1798
switch1921
1798 Monthly Mag. Dec. 436 [‘Improper expressions used in Edinburgh’] I weary when I am alone; I become weary.
1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas II. 288 There is one kind and sympathising spirit which does not weary over my dilated gossip.
2. With various constructions.
a. To grow tired of (something, doing something); to do (= of doing) or to be (= of being) (archaic or poetic); also with present participle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of a thing or person
wearya1225
tire?a1513
sicken1782
a1225 Juliana 22 For ne werȝeð he neauer to wurchen ow al þat wandreðe world a buten ende.
c1475 Wisdom 847 in Macro Plays 63 Þat of hys lyff he xall wery, & qwak for very fere.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1899 in Poems (1981) 74 Quhilk day and nycht weryis not for to ga, Sawand poysoun..In mannis saull.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12997 Thai werit of þere werke þe wallis to kepe.
1627 P. Forbes Eubulus i. 15 Whence anie, who in singlenesse seeketh Resolution, will not wearie to search it.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iv. 222 She now wearied of passing all her time by herself, and sighed for the comfort of society.
1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Dec. 120 Into the ocean of air he gazed incessantly; and never wearied contemplating its clearness.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 376 How the mind wearies of, and shrinks from, the more than painful interest, the μισητόν, of utter depravity.
1846 G. Warburton Hochelaga I. 217 The eye does not weary to see, but the hand aches, in even writing the one word—beauty.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 180 He..had ridd'n a random round To seek him, and had wearied of the search.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 193 As a little helpless innocent bird..Will sing the simple passage o'er and o'er.., till the ear Wearies to hear it.
1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. 356 It is not wonderful that a man pursuing so vast a plan..should have wearied of his task before it was completed.
b. To suffer weariness from long waiting or deferred hope; to wait wearily for or to do (something), or through (a period of time); to long or languish for something. Chiefly Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > wearily
weary1809
the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > be patient [verb (intransitive)] > suffer weariness from waiting or wait wearily
weary1809
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > sorrow caused by loss > suffer sorrow for loss [verb (intransitive)] > long or languish for something
weary1809
1809 S. Smith Serm. II. 131 Why may it not..induce him to carry on the load of life who pants, and wearies for the grave.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 42 I hae wearied to see them.
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. vi. 226 [They were] watching the corpse, and wearying for my return.
a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iii. 155 The Lord Advocate..generally leaves his representatives..to endure the summing up, and to weary for the verdict.
1856 W. Whewell in J. M. Douglas Life & Corr. W. Whewell (1881) 480 I was beginning to weary for a letter from you.
1866 A. Thomas Played Out I. ix. 153 A congregation of women assembled immediately after a dinner, wearying through the hour before the men rejoin them.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby They keep me wearying for dinner.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay viii. 128 I have just been wearying to see you.
1888 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne iii I was wearying to speak with you.
1894 G. Moore Esther Waters 39 She wearied for a companion.
3. quasi-transitive with out: To go wearily through to the end of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > follow up, through, or out [verb (transitive)] > to the end > wearily
weary1594
1594–5 Merchant's Daughter of Bristow i. vi, in Roxburghe Ballads (1872) II. i. 87 There will I waste and wearie out my dayes in woe.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvii. 114 After I had here wearied out the wearinesse, which I brought in my bones from the Cuchumatlanes.
1889 Boy's Own Paper 17 Aug. 730/2 I soon forgot to be sorry for Sister Mary, left to weary out the holidays in vacant loneliness.
II. transitive. To make weary.
4.
a. To exhaust the strength or endurance of (a person, his limbs, etc.); to fatigue or tire with toil, sickness, watching, sustained mental effort, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]
wearyc897
tirea1000
travailc1300
forwearya1325
taryc1375
tarc1440
matec1450
break1483
labour1496
overwearya1500
wear?1507
to wear out, forth1525
fatigate1535
stress1540
overtire1558
forwaste1563
to tire out1563
overwear1578
spend1582
out-tire1596
outwear1596
outweary1596
overspend1596
to toil out1596
attediate1603
bejade1620
lassate1623
harassa1626
overtask1628
tax1672
hag1674
trash1685
hatter1687
overtax1692
fatigue1693
to knock up1740
tire to death1740
overfatigue1741
fag1774
outdo1776
to do over1789
to use up1790
jade1798
overdo1817
frazzlea1825
worry1828
to sew up1837
to wear to death1840
to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847
gruel1850
to stump up1853
exhaust1860
finish1864
peter1869
knacker1886
grind1887
tew1893
crease1925
poop1931
raddle1951
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxv. 239 He..gewergað ðonne his heortan suiðe hearde mid ðy gesuince.
OE Beowulf 2852 He gewergad sæt.
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints (1900) I. 192 Þurh godes fore-stihtunge ne hors ne he sylf gewergod wæs.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 796 He hade weryede the worme [sc. dragon] by wyghtnesse of strenghte, Ne ware it fore the wylde fyre that he hyme wyth defendez.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 522/2 Weryyn, or make wery,..fatigo, lasso.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 779/1 I werye by over moche labour or travayle, je lasse... This horse trotteth so harde that he hath weryed me more than I was a gret whyle.
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 18v Many hauing a long time wearied their armes, chose rather to cast their targets out of their hands.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxxi. 263 They in the practise of their religion wearied chiefly their knees and hands, we especially our eares & tongues.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. i. 19 Pray set it downe, and rest you: when this [log] burnes 'Twill weepe for hauing wearied you. View more context for this quotation
1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 186 By drawing out the War in length, they might think to weary and disorder the Enemy.
1668 J. Owen Nature Indwelling-sin ix. 131 They brought their Offerings or Sacrifices on their shoulders, which they pretended wearyed them, and they panted and blowed as men ready to faint under them.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. iv. 25 Resolving to weary, by perseverance, him whom he could not surpass in speed.
1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in Tales Crusaders III. 143 A mighty curtal-axe, which would have wearied the arm of any other than Cœur de Lion.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed xi, in Tales Crusaders I. 201 She wearied her memory with vain efforts to recollect..his features.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 190 ‘Alas,’ he said, ‘your ride hath wearied you.’
b. transferred and figurative.
ΚΠ
1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 456 If the vine be weryed [1574 wearied] with very plentifull bearing.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K1v So woe hath wearied woe, mone tired mone. View more context for this quotation
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L2v Thus ebs and flowes the currant of her sorrow, And time doth wearie time with her complayning. View more context for this quotation
1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. C3v So being euer and continually vsed, it [sc. medicine] doth but weaken, wearie, and weare nature.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 141 Then roaring Beasts, and running Streams he tryes, And wearies all his Miracles of Lies. View more context for this quotation
c. With adverb or adverbial phrase; esp. to weary out, to fatigue completely, so as to render incapable of further exertion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)] > cause another to be weary or exhausted
off his legs1631
to weary out1647
1647 A. Cowley Thraldom in Mistress v Like an Egyptian Tyrant, some Thou weariest out, in building but a Tomb.
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iv. i. 35 In walls we meanly must our hopes inclose, To wait our friends, and weary out our foes.
1833 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Philol. Museum 2 12 Whose movements would have irritated, distracted, and wearied down the elephants.
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lv. 550 He was stupefied, and he was wearied to death.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 132 Then he found a door..; And wearied out made for the couch and slept.
5.
a. To tire the patience of; to affect with tedium or ennui; to satiate (with). Also with out.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > affect with weariness or tedium
sadeOE
weary1340
tire?a1513
accloy1530
irka1535
attediate1603
tedify1614
bore1768
vapour1774
ennui1804
terebrate1855
bind1929
feed1933
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by strangling
aworryc885
achokeOE
astrangle1297
strangle13..
worry14..
choke1303
weary1340
gnarec1380
athroatc1400
enstranglec1400
gagc1440
throttlec1450
estrangle1483
stifle1548
snarl1563
thrapple1570
quackle1622
bowstring1803
scrag1823
strangulate1846
mug1866
to screw a person's neck1872
garrotte1878
guzzle1885
to screw an animal's neck1888
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 99 He wolde þet hit were ssort uor þet non ne ssolde him werye hit uor to lyerny.
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 751 It weerieth me to telle of his falsnesse.
c1460 R. Roos tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy 62 It werieth me this mater for to trete.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) x. 271 How am I shamed for four glotons! certes this weryes me sore!
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 115 b But nowe because I haue halfe weried the reader with a tedious matter, I will harten him agayne wyth a merye tale.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. ii. 49 I will wearie you then no longer with idle talking. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 107 Till God at last Wearied with their iniquities, withdraw His presence from among them. View more context for this quotation
1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis Pref. sig. B7v And now, good Reader, I have even wearied thee out.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. v. 163 Our patience is wearied already.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 384 Wearied out at last by the tender importunity..she reluctantly took solemn charge of the child.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Lilian iii Gaiety without eclipse Wearieth me.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 649 He was..doing his best to weary out his benefactor's patience and good breeding.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) v. 138 Oddly enough, however, this excessive applause wearied the simple-minded artist.
1883 ‘Ouida’ Wanda I. 206 He had a sensitive fear of wearying with his presence ladies to whom he owed so much.
b. To trouble by importunity (heaven, the gods, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]
tawc893
ermec897
swencheOE
besetOE
bestandc1000
teenOE
baitc1175
grieve?c1225
war?c1225
noyc1300
pursuec1300
travailc1300
to work (also do) annoyc1300
tribula1325
worka1325
to hold wakenc1330
chase1340
twistc1374
wrap1380
cumbera1400
harrya1400
vexc1410
encumber1413
inquiet1413
molest?a1425
course1466
persecutec1475
trouble1489
sturt1513
hare1523
hag1525
hale1530
exercise1531
to grate on or upon1532
to hold or keep waking1533
infest1533
scourge1540
molestate1543
pinch1548
trounce1551
to shake upa1556
tire1558
moila1560
pester1566
importune1578
hunt1583
moider1587
bebait1589
commacerate1596
bepester1600
ferret1600
harsell1603
hurry1611
gall1614
betoil1622
weary1633
tribulatea1637
harass1656
dun1659
overharry1665
worry1671
haul1678
to plague the life out of1746
badger1782
hatchel1800
worry1811
bedevil1823
devil1823
victimize1830
frab1848
mither1848
to pester the life out of1848
haik1855
beplague1870
chevy1872
obsede1876
to get on ——1880
to load up with1880
tail-twist1898
hassle1901
heckle1920
snooter1923
hassle1945
to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946
to bust (a person's) chops1953
noodge1960
monster1967
1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore i. sig. B4 v I have euen wearied heauen with prayers.
a1718 M. Prior Henry & Emma 411 Watchful I'll guard Thee, and with Midnight Pray'r Weary the Gods to keep Thee in their Care.
1831 W. Scott Quentin Durward (new ed.) Introd. p. xiii He..wearied Heaven and every saint with prayers..for the prolongation of his life.
1846 H. G. Robinson Odes of Horace ii. xviii I weary not The Gods to mend my present lot.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xv. 227 There, for sixteen months, to weary Heaven and his friends with his lamentations.
c. absol. To cause weariness or ennui.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored [verb (intransitive)] > be or become wearisome or tedious
to think longeOE
it irks (me)1483
dull?1529
flag1678
weary1815
stale1893
feed1933
1815 Sir R. Peel in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. iii. 76 Which would have been ludicrous enough for half an hour, but, like other good things, wearied by constant repetition.
1849 C. J. Lever Confessions Con Cregan I. xx. 329 There was so much novelty to me in all around, that the monotonous character of the scene never wearied.

Derivatives

ˈwearying n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > action or fact of causing
wearying?c1225
attediation1485
tediation1485
fatigation1535
forwearying1571
tiring1594
harassing1689
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 185 Fondunge is sliddrunge. þurh wergunge beoð bitacned þe unðeawes under slauhðe þebeoð inempned þeruppe.
1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth iv. 25 Hence are those vain wearyings of places & companies together with our selues.
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