WEARYING
exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearying
(adjective) producing exhaustion; âan exhausting marchâ; âthe visit was especially wearingâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
wearying
present participle of weary
Source: Wiktionary
WEARY
Wea"ry, a. [Compar. Wearier; superl. Weariest.] Etym: [OE. weri, AS.
w; akin to OS. w, OHG. wu; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. w to ramble.]
1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in
respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.
I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary. Shak.
[I] am weary, thinking of your task. Longfellow.
2. Causing weariness; tiresome. "Weary way." Spenser. "There passed a
weary time." Coleridge.
3. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired;
sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of
confinement; weary of study.
Syn.
– Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.
Wea"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wearied; p. pr. & vb. n. Wearying.]
1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to
tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling.
So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers. Shak.
2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by
continuance.
I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. Shak.
3. To harass by anything irksome.
I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries. Milton.
To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
Syn.
– To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.
Wea"ry, v. i.
Definition: To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary
of an undertaking.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition