weary

Synonyms

arid, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, slow, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, wearying;

Antonyms

absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting;

Near Antonyms

amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous (or marvellous), sensational, spectacular, surprising, wonderful, wondrous;

animating, breathtaking, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarating, galvanizing, hair-raising, inspiring, invigorating, rip-roaring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling;

amusing, diverting, entertaining;

moving, poignant, touching;

alluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating;

mesmerizing, spellbinding;

suspenseful;

arresting, provocative, tantalizing;

Related Words

aseptic, barren, blah, dullish, pleasureless, prosaic, prosy, soggy, spiritless;

blank, earthbound, gray (also grey), inanimate, pallid, pedantic, sterile, suspenseless, undramatic, uneventful, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, unnewsworthy, unrewarding, unsensational, unspectacular;

annoying, bothersome, irksome, irritating;

longsome;

palling;

draining, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, wearing;

debilitating, enfeebling;

demoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting;

common, commonplace, ordinary, tepid, unexceptional, unsurprising, vapid;

cumbersome, lumbering, plodding, poky (or pokey);

Synonyms

bore, jade, tire;

Antonyms

absorb, busy, engage, engross, enthrall (or enthral), fascinate, grip, interest, intrigue;

Near Antonyms

activate, animate, energize, enliven, excite, galvanize, invigorate, stimulate, strengthen, vitalize;

amuse, entertain;

allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, hypnotize, mesmerize;

monopolize, preoccupy;

busy, immerse, involve, occupy;

pump up, rally, rouse, stir;

Related Words

pall;

burn out, do in, drain, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out;

debilitate, disable, enfeeble;

deject, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit;

Phrases

put to sleep;