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as in tired
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
I am just too weary to do any more work tonight
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2
as in bored
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
I am totally weary of this constant bickering
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as in tiring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
a weary march through a lot of boring facts and figures
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as in to bore
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous
these constant complaints are really wearying me
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as in to wear
to use up all the physical energy of
a whole day of hard physical labor had thoroughly wearied her
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Recent Examples of weary
CBS News, 7 July 2025
And the family members of the missing — from the camp and elsewhere — continue to grow weary.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 7 July 2025
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
He is wearied but stays firm in the notion that his job isn’t to badger and demean the half of the country that disagrees with him.
—Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Officials noted that the public can grow weary from too many flooding alerts or forecasts that turn out to be minor.
—CBS News, 7 July 2025
And the family members of the missing — from the camp and elsewhere — continue to grow weary.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 7 July 2025
Verb
Amid all this morphing, what has stayed constant is that COVID has been, in one way or another, wearying in a bone-deep way.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
He is wearied but stays firm in the notion that his job isn’t to badger and demean the half of the country that disagrees with him.
—Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weary
Adjective
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To anyone tired of dysfunction, this is a new beginning.—
Mike Levin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2025
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Cosmetic procedures were once only whispered about, carefully timed around the holidays to create the illusion that a restful getaway had erased wrinkles, brightened tired eyes and restored a youthful, refreshed look.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Motivation and academic engagement are important factors in college mental health, because bored and intrinsically unmotivated students usually struggle with other concerns.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Tottenham fans could be forgiven for growing bored of Cristian Romero transfer speculation.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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There are only so many new stories to be told, and audiences seem to be tiring of the monotony.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Kennedy’s opponent, Vice President Richard Nixon, seemed to embody what voters were tiring of—the stale complacency and status quo of the 1950s.—
Time,
Time,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Traditional charity films often swing between two extremes: earnestness that bores or sensationalism that exploits.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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There’s a reason the Chiefs’ offense has put so much time and effort into it, rather than throw up their hands after last year’s time and effort bore little fruit.—
Sam McDowell
Updated July 25,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
Verb
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John tried physical therapy and wearing a brace, but the spine kept worsening.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Another plays up baby No. 3's unusual name, picturing the infant blissfully slumbering while clad in a child's onesie version of the suit originally worn by the DC character in his 1941 More Fun Comics debut.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Pop music, like the rest of American society, has reached the exhausted endpoint of the taboo-litigation mania that’s marred the past decade of our national life.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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You’re exhausted in the morning and energized by the afternoon.—
Kelly Stiefel Arias,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Hunter: The Reckoning puts players in the role of regular people who know monsters are real and can’t go back to their old, boring lives.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Take away the road courses or boring ovals and race more street courses.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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Waves in rapid succession can tire swimmers quickly.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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Physical and mental stimulation are both great ways to tire puppies out and prepare them to spend the evening in their kennel at home.—
Jennifer Williams,
CBS News,
3 July 2025
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“Weary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weary. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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