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Dreary vs. Weary — What's the Difference?

Dreary vs. Weary — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Dreary and Weary

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Dreary

Dismal; bleak.

Weary

Weary is a surname, and may refer to:

Dreary

Boring; dull
Dreary tasks.

Weary

Physically or mentally tired.

Dreary

Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
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Weary

Expressive of or prompted by tiredness
A weary smile.

Dreary

(obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.

Weary

Having one's interest, forbearance, or indulgence worn out
Weary of delays.

Dreary

Sorrowful; distressful.

Weary

Causing fatigue; tiresome
A weary wait.

Dreary

Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.
Full many a dreary anxious hour.
Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity.

Weary

To make or become weary.

Dreary

Depressing in character or appearance;
Drove through dingy streets
The dismal prison twilight
Drab old buildings
A dreary mining town
Gloomy tenements
Sorry routine that follows on the heels of death

Weary

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
A weary traveller knocked at the door.

Dreary

Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;
Her drab personality
Life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
A series of dreary dinner parties

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.

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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