wearying 1 of 2

as in tiring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest a wearying effort to sort through years of records

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wearying

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verb

present participle of weary

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Recent Examples of wearying
Verb
The leanness and intensity of the production — a 35-day shoot, with only 11 days in the main location — were exhilarating but wearying. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wearying
Adjective
  • Without a strict hierarchy or single decision-maker, our process can sometimes be slow, messy, or even tiring.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The film is a mess, opaque in its argument and tiring in its effortful weirdness, and yet in its best moments has a hypnotic pull.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The classes are highly scripted and, in my opinion, boring.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
  • In the early episodes, when everyone’s still getting to know each other, are the conversations boring?
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For more than a century, the region has been caught in a thrilling but exhausting economic romance.
    Reid Rasner, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Companies are grappling with inflation-weary buyers cutting back spending or switching to generic labels and the rise of GLP-1 drugs.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The verse resumes, and the band soldiers on, Lenker’s perseverant guitar solo howling with the weary relief of a shipwrecked sailor spotting land.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mourners, many of whom were visibly upset and wearing Walmart uniforms, placed electric candles at the memorial.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Citations for not having headlights on during rain, fog or smoke and for not wearing a seatbelt were also dismissed.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Biden, who ended his bid for a second White House term 107 days before last year's election, has been relatively slow to move on presidential library planning compared with most of his recent predecessors.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
  • With Parkinson’s, doctors implant electrodes in the brain that produce electrical impulses to disrupt the abnormal signals that cause tremors, stiffness and slow movement.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The couple is accused of killing their 7-month-old son despite the fact that authorities have yet to find the infant's remains.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • After killing Martin, Lawson poured gasoline on the dead man's body and his surroundings before leaving the scene, according to police.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Amid the album's release, Justin shared several clips and photos on Instagram of billboards and projections in various locations around the world featuring a photo with his 1-year-old son Jack Blues, and himself and his wife, 28, with the little one.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Wearying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wearying. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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