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Wearisome vs. Weary — What's the Difference?

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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