dog-weary
dog-weary adjective: extremely weary.
Adjective
dog-weary (comparative more dog-weary, superlative most dog-weary)
- Extremely weary.
- O master, master, I have watched so long / That I am dog-weary, but at last I spied […]c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- "He is a very dog to the community", and I am grown quite "dog-weary" of hearing of his fame.1805, Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott, “Cat versus Dog”, in Spirit of the Public Journals, volume 8, page 51
- Synonyms:
- dog-tired, tired, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked
Examples of dog-weary in a sentence
- Was it the child for whom he had longed or was it the woman herself who had turned him into this hagged, heavy-eyed, dog-weary man who could not rest until they were returned to him?2004, Audrey Howard, Reflections from the Past:
- Diana, dog-weary, flopped and fell asleep under the ancient arch, but Ommony walked to the tool-house and interrupted Jannath's meditations.2021, Talbot Mundy, Jungle Jest:
Synonyms of dog-weary
Forms of dog-weary
| comparative | more dog-weary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dog-weary |
Questions about dog-weary
- What does dog-weary mean?
- Dog-weary means extremely weary.
- How do you use dog-weary in a sentence?
- Was it the child for whom he had longed or was it the woman herself who had turned him into this hagged, heavy-eyed, dog-weary man who could not rest until they were returned to him?
- What part of speech is dog-weary?
- Dog-weary is an adjective.
Words near dog-weary in the dictionary
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