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adjective
1 he arrived home weary after cycling several miles:
tired, tired out, worn out, exhausted, fatigued, overtired, sleepy, drowsy, wearied, sapped, dog-tired, spent, drained, jet-lagged, played out, debilitated, prostrate, enervated, jaded, low;
informal all in, done (in/up), dead, dead beat, dead tired, dead on one's feet, asleep on one's feet, ready to drop, fagged out, burnt out, bushed, worn to a frazzle, shattered;
British, informal knackered, whacked;
North American, informal pooped, tuckered out, gassed.
▷antonyms energetic, fresh.
2 she was weary of their constant arguments:
tired of, fed up with, bored with/by, sick of, sick and tired of, jaded with/by, surfeited with/by, satiated by, glutted with/by;
(be weary of) have had enough of;
informal have had a basinful of, have had it up to here with, have had something up to here.
▷antonyms enthusiastic.
3 the weary journey began:
tiring, exhausting, wearying, fatiguing, enervating, draining, sapping, stressful, wearing, trying, crushing;
demanding, exacting, taxing, challenging, burdensome, arduous, grueling, punishing, grinding, onerous, difficult, hard, tough, heavy, laborious, back-breaking, crippling, strenuous, rigorous, uphill.
▷antonyms refreshing, enjoyable.
verb
1 she was wearied by her persistent cough:
tire, tire out, fatigue, wear out, overtire, exhaust, drain, sap, wash out, tax, overtax, enervate, debilitate, enfeeble, jade, incapacitate, devitalize, prostrate;
informal whack, bush, shatter, frazzle, wear to a frazzle, poop, take it out of, fag out, do in, knock out;
British, informal knacker.
▷antonyms refresh.
2 this must be stated again at the risk of wearying the reader:
bore, tire, make fed up;
irk, irritate, exhaust someone's patience, annoy, exasperate, get on someone's nerves;
informal get to.
▷antonyms interest.
3 her friend had also wearied of the struggle:
tire of, become/get weary of, become/get tired of, become/get fed up with, become/get fed to death with, become/get bored with/by, become/get satiated with, become/get jaded with, become/get sick of, become/get sick to death of, sicken of;
have had enough of, have had a surfeit of, have had a glut of;
informal become/get bored of, have had something up to here.