Cautious vs. Weary — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cautious and Weary
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Cautious
Showing or practicing caution; careful.
Weary
Weary is a surname, and may refer to:
Cautious
Tentative or restrained; guarded
Felt a cautious optimism that the offer would be accepted.
Weary
Physically or mentally tired.
Cautious
Using or exercising caution; careful; tentative
He took a few cautious steps toward the cave.
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Weary
Expressive of or prompted by tiredness
A weary smile.
Cautious
Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.
Cautious feeling for another's pain.
Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue.
Weary
Having one's interest, forbearance, or indulgence worn out
Weary of delays.
Cautious
People who are fearful and cautious;
Whitewater rafting is not for the timid
Weary
Causing fatigue; tiresome
A weary wait.
Cautious
Showing careful forethought;
Reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions
A cautious driver
Weary
To make or become weary.
Cautious
Avoiding excess;
A conservative estimate
Weary
Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
A weary traveller knocked at the door.
Cautious
Cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent;
A cautious answer
Very cautious about believing everything she was told
Weary
Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
Soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement;
I grew weary of studying and left the library.
Cautious
Unwilling to take risks
Weary
Expressive of fatigue.
He gave me a weary smile.
Weary
Causing weariness; tiresome.
Weary
To make or to become weary.
Weary
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.
[I] am weary, thinking of your task.
Weary
Causing weariness; tiresome.
Weary
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.
Weary
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.
Weary
To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
I stay too long by thee; I weary thee.
Weary
To harass by anything irksome.
I would not ceaseTo weary him with my assiduous cries.
Weary
To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.
Weary
Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
We wore ourselves out on this hike
Weary
Get tired of something or somebody
Weary
Physically and mentally fatigued;
`aweary' is archaic
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