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Tired vs. Weary — What's the Difference?

Tired vs. Weary — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Tired and Weary

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Tired

Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.

Weary

Weary is a surname, and may refer to:

Tired

Impatient; bored
Tired of the same old sandwiches.

Weary

Physically or mentally tired.

Tired

Overused; hackneyed
A tired joke.
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Weary

Expressive of or prompted by tiredness
A weary smile.

Tired

Simple past tense and past participle of tire

Weary

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

Tired

In need of some rest or sleep.

Weary

Causing fatigue; tiresome
A weary wait.

Tired

Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
I'm tired of this

Weary

To make or become weary.

Tired

Overused, cliché.
A tired song

Weary

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

Tired

Ineffectual; incompetent

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.

Tired

Weary; fatigued; exhausted.

Weary

Expressive of fatigue.
He gave me a weary smile.

Tired

Depleted of strength or energy;
Tired mothers with crying babies
Too tired to eat

Weary

Causing weariness; tiresome.

Tired

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
Bromidic sermons
His remarks were trite and commonplace
Hackneyed phrases
A stock answer
Repeating threadbare jokes
Parroting some timeworn axiom
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'

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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