Wearisome vs. Weary — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wearisome and Weary
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Wearisome
Causing physical or mental fatigue; tedious or tiresome.
Weary
Weary is a surname, and may refer to:
Wearisome
Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
Gardening can be wearisome work.
Weary
Physically or mentally tired.
Wearisome
Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.
These high wild hills and rough uneven waysDraws out our miles, and makes them wearisome.
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Weary
Expressive of or prompted by tiredness
A weary smile.
Wearisome
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
A boring evening with uninteresting people
The deadening effect of some routine tasks
A dull play
His competent but dull performance
A ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
What an irksome task the writing of long letters is
Tedious days on the train
The tiresome chirping of a cricket
Other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Weary
Having one's interest, forbearance, or indulgence worn out
Weary of delays.
Weary
Causing fatigue; tiresome
A weary wait.
Weary
To make or become weary.
Weary
Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
A weary traveller knocked at the door.
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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