weary
pronunciation
How to pronounce weary in British English:
UK [ˈwɪəri]
How to pronounce weary in American English:
US [ˈwɪri]
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- Verb:
- exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress
- get tired of something or somebody
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- Adjective:
- physically and mentally fatigued
Word Origin
- weary
- weary: [OE] Weary is descended from a West Germanic *wōriga, whose other offspring have all died out. It was formed from the base *wōr-, which also produced Old English wōrian ‘wander, totter’ and Old Norse örr ‘mad’, but its ultimate ancestry is uncertain.
- weary (adj.)
- Old English werig "tired, exhausted; miserable, sad," related to worian "to wander, totter," from Proto-Germanic *worigaz (cognates: Old Saxon worig "weary," Old High German wuorag "intoxicated"), of unknown origin.
- weary (v.)
- Old English wergian "to be or become tired" (intransitive), gewergian "to exhaust, to make tired" (transitive), from the source of weary (adj.). Related: Wearied; wearying.
Example
- 1. Maybe mike brown is more focused than a weary phil jackson .
- 2. People weary of vista 's mindless restrictions should not hesitate to upgrade .
- 3. But inside there are chairs for weary shoppers .
- 4. Until a few years ago , tete was no more than a dusty down-at-heel stopping point for weary lorry drivers .
- 5. The appraisal is a contract between two people usually entered into in a spirit of embarrassment , false optimism and weary duty .