weary
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- tired, done in (informal), drained, drowsy, exhausted, fatigued, flagging, jaded, sleepy, worn out
- tiring, arduous, laborious, tiresome, wearisome
[verb]
Synonyms:
- tire, drain, enervate, fatigue, sap, take it out of (informal), tax, tire out, wear out

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Antonyms: refresh, refreshed, unwearied, unweary
Contrasted words: animate, energize, vitalize, enliven, quicken, vivify
Related Words: debilitate, enfeeble, weaken, depress, oppress, weigh

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English Thesaurus: beat, defeat, trounce, thrash, wipe the floor with somebody, ...

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I. wear‧y¹ /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: werig]

1. very tired or bored, especially because you have been doing something for a long time:
She found Rachel in the kitchen, looking old and weary.
She sat down with a weary sigh.
weary of (doing) something
He was weary of the constant battle between them.

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In everyday English, people usually say tired rather than weary:
They were tired after their journey.

2. especially literary very tiring:
a long and weary march
—wearily adverb
—weariness noun [uncountable]

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II. weary² verb (past tense and past participle wearied, present participle wearying, third person singular wearies) [intransitive and transitive]
formal to become very tired, or make someone very tired:
Amanda wouldn’t admit how much the children wearied her.
weary of (doing) something
As the day wore on, we wearied of the journey.
—wearying adjective

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weary
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, grow I've grown rather weary of all your excuses.
ADV. very | almost His voice sounded almost weary.
a bit, a little, rather She looks a little weary.
PREP. of The people are weary of war.

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beat to get more points, votes etc than someone. Beat is used especially in spoken English:
We should have beaten them easily.
I always beat my brother at tennis.
defeat to beat someone. Defeat is more formal than beat and is used especially in writing:
England were defeated by 2 goals to 1.
Bush defeated Kerry in the election.
trounce /traʊns/ to defeat someone completely in a game:
They were trounced 20–0 by Kuwait.
thrash British English informal, cream American English informal to beat someone very easily in a game:
Of course, they totally creamed the other team.
I hope we thrash them!
wipe the floor with somebody informal to beat someone completely in a game or argument:
She wiped the floor with her opponent in the debate.
They won a £1,000 prize after wiping the floor with the opposition in a bowling competition.
grate to cut cheese, carrot etc into small pieces by rubbing it against a special tool:
Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the top of the pasta.
melt to make butter, chocolate etc become liquid:
Melt the butter, chocolate, and 1 teaspoon of cream over a low heat.
sieve British English, sift American English to put flour or other powders through a sieve (=tool like a net made of wire, which you use for removing larger grains or pieces):
Sift the flour and cocoa before adding to the rest of the mixture.
chop to cut something into pieces, especially using a big knife:
Chop up the vegetables.
dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces:
Dice the carrots and then fry them in butter.
season to add salt, pepper etc to food:
Season the meat before grilling.
crush to use a lot of force to break something such as seeds into very small pieces or into a powder:
Add one clove of crushed garlic.
mix to combine different foods together:
Mix together all the ingredients in one bowl.
beat/whisk to mix food together quickly with a fork or other tool:
Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
stir to turn food around with a spoon:
Stir the sauce gently to prevent burning.
fold something in to gently mix another substance into a mixture:
Fold in the beaten egg whites.
knead to press dough (=a mixture of flour and water) many times with your hands when you are making bread:
Knead the dough for ten minutes, until smooth.
drizzle to slowly pour a small amount of a liquid onto something:
Drizzle with olive oil.
let something stand to leave something somewhere, before you do something else with it:
Let the mixture stand for a couple of hours so that it cools naturally.
serve to put different foods together as part of a meal:
Serve with rice and a salad.
Serve the aubergines on a bed of lettuce.
tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest:
I was really tired the next day.
the tired faces of the children
exhausted extremely tired:
I was exhausted after the long trip home.
He sat down, exhausted.
She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.
worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard:
With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.
weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time:
weary travellers
a weary sigh
He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.
fatigued formal very tired:
They were too fatigued to continue with the climb.
Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.
drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone:
Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.
bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired:
I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early.
I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.
knackered British English, pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired. Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation:
By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.
shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired:
When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.
dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep:
I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.

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tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest:
I was really tired the next day.
the tired faces of the children
exhausted extremely tired:
I was exhausted after the long trip home.
He sat down, exhausted.
She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.
worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard:
With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.
weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time:
weary travellers
a weary sigh
He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.
fatigued formal very tired:
They were too fatigued to continue with the climb.
Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.
drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone:
Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.
bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired:
I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early.
I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.
knackered British English, pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired. Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation:
By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.
shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired:
When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.
dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep:
I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.
sleepy wanting to sleep very soon, so that your eyes start to close:
I’m feeling quite sleepy. I think I’ll go to bed.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes.
drowsy starting to sleep because you are in a warm place, have drunk too much alcohol, or have taken medicine:
The tablets can make you feel drowsy.
She was beginning to feel a little drowsy after all the food and wine she had consumed.
can’t keep your eyes open/can hardly keep your eyes open to feel so tired that you find it difficult to stay awake:
I’d better get some rest – I can’t keep my eyes open.
He had been driving all night, and he could hardly keep his eyes open.

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