wearier
wearier is the comparative form of weary.
Meaning of weary
Adjective
weary (comparative wearier, superlative weariest)
- Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
- A weary traveller knocked at the door.
- Synonyms:
- drained, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked, dog-tired
- Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
- soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement; I grew weary of studying and left the library.
- Synonyms:
- fed up, sick to the back teeth, annoyed, angry, aggravated, agitated, bothered, exasperated, frustrated, irritable
- Expressive of fatigue.
- He gave me a weary smile.
- Causing weariness; tiresome.
- And now she was vppon the weary way,1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 39
- Synonyms:
- drudgerous, tedious, draining, exhausting, exhaustive, fatiguing, grueling, tiresome, tiring, weariful
Phrases with wearier
Questions about wearier
- What is wearier the comparative form of?
- Wearier is the comparative form of weary.
Words near wearier in the dictionary
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