WEARIES Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

wearies

verb

present tense third-person singular of weary

as in bores

to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous these constant complaints are really wearying me

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as in wears

to use up all the physical energy of a whole day of hard physical labor had thoroughly wearied her

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As its name suggests, the beetle bores into trees, drilling tunnels to create breeding galleries.

— Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
The caterpillar bores into the stem through a tiny hole and tunnels inside the plant destroying tissue.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 June 2026

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An independent artist, Lumsden is self-managed with her husband Dan Freeman, who wears multiple hats as bandmate (bass player) and label manager for their imprint, Red Dirt Road Records.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2026
Alexandra Cinta, in her early 20s and one of the group’s youngest members, wears a flutter of false eyelashes and sharp wings of black eyeliner.

— Zoey Goto, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026

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That pretty much exhausts the points of agreement between the pro- and anti-Proposition 40 camps.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Instead of occupying both sides with large cooling vents, air enters toward the front of the station and exhausts through the rear.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausts

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Selena is offended, and splashes him with the liquid, which burns and kills him.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
The deadliest form of skin cancer, melanoma, kills more than 8,000 Americans a year and in Connecticut, nearly 900 people will be diagnosed each year.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of kills

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While the concept has always had Fox shocks, it was first seen with Maxxis rubber, and subsequently with Schwalbe Tacky Chan downhill tires on DT Swiss wheels last year.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026
More than 90% agreed or strongly agreed that scent work is enjoyable for dogs, tires them out and builds confidence in shy dogs.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026

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