weary

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
  2. verb lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
  3. adjective physically and mentally fatigued

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”).

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Synonyms

tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue

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