weary
verb/ˈwɪəri/
/ˈwɪri/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they weary | /ˈwɪəri/ /ˈwɪri/ |
| he / she / it wearies | /ˈwɪəriz/ /ˈwɪriz/ |
| past simple wearied | /ˈwɪərid/ /ˈwɪrid/ |
| past participle wearied | /ˈwɪərid/ /ˈwɪrid/ |
| -ing form wearying | /ˈwɪəriɪŋ/ /ˈwɪriɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] weary somebody (formal) to make somebody feel tired synonym tire
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- [intransitive] weary of something/of doing something to lose your interest in or enthusiasm for something synonym tire
- She soon wearied of his stories.
Word OriginOld English wērig, wǣrig, of West Germanic origin.
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