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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