Word Meanings - WEARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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. am weary, thinking of your task. Longfellow. 2. Causing weariness;
Additional info about word: WEARY
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. 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.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of WEARY)
- Annoy
- Tease
- vex
- irritate
- disturb
- affront
- molest
- pain
- disquiet
- incommode
- tantalize
- bother
- weary
- inconvenience
- plague
- discommode
- harass
- chafe
- trouble
- Bore
- Perforate
- pierce
- penetrate
- Exhaust
- Empty
- spend
- consume
- debilitate
- waste
- void
- drain
- weaken
- Fatigue Harass
- tire
- jade
- Flag
- Droop
- pine
- give in
- faint
- succumb
- languish
- decline
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of WEARY)
- Replenish
- fill
- supply
- pour
- moisten
- drown
- inundate
- drench
- swill
- Suit
- aid
- benefit
- subserve
- assist
- help
- Compose
- calm
- allay
- appease
- please
- soothe
- delight
- gratify
- recreate
- entertain
- relieve
- refresh
Related words: (words related to WEARY)
- ASSISTANTLY
In a manner to give aid. - TEASER
A jager gull. (more info) 1. One who teases or vexes. - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - FAINT
feint, false, faint, F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign, suppose, 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. 2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; - DROOPER
One who, or that which, droops. - WASTEL
A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread, and wastel cake. Roasted flesh or milk and wasted bread. Chaucer. The simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility. Sir W. Scott. - TROUBLER
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller. - DISQUIETTUDE
Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp. - DRAINE
The missel thrush. - SUPPLYMENT
A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak. - SWILLINGS
See 1 - DISQUIETLY
In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman. - WASTETHRIFT
A spendthrift. - ASSISTANCE
1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance, - SPENDTHRIFT
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - HARASS
To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature - ASSIST
To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak. Syn. -- To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help. - SPENDER
One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift. - WASTEBOARD
See 3 - ALKALI WASTE
Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste. - OVERFATIGUE
Excessive fatigue. - OVERWASTED
Wasted or worn out; Drayton. - OVERTROUBLED
Excessively troubled. - INTERPENETRATE
To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley.