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Wearier

Weary \Wea"ry\, a. [Compar. Wearier; superl. Weariest.] [OE. weri, AS. w?rig; akin to OS. w?rig, OHG. wu?rag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. w?rian to ramble.]

  1. 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.
    --Shak.

    [I] am weary, thinking of your task.
    --Longfellow.

  2. Causing weariness; tiresome. ``Weary way.''
    --Spenser. ``There passed a weary time.''
    --Coleridge.

  3. 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.

    Syn: Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.

Wiktionary
wearier

a. (en-comparative of: weary)

WordNet
weary

  1. adj. physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic" [syn: aweary]

  2. [also: wearied, weariest, wearier]

weary

  1. v. exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: refresh]

  2. get tired of something or somebody [syn: tire, pall, fatigue, jade]

  3. [also: wearied, weariest, wearier]

wearier

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Usage examples of "wearier".

I grew weary of the foul smelling bandages she took away, and wearier still of her picking at my wound to see that it did not close too soon.

Every face she greeted looked wearier, older and more anxious than the last time she had seen them.

Perhaps Nighteyes was wearier than he knew, or perhaps the hissing rain lulled us both into the closeness of puppies that set no boundaries.

As the pressure became more and more intense, as they became wearier and wearier, more irritable with each other, less generous in their assessment of each other's work, Bean became all the more attentive because the chances of error were all the greater.

I watched it getting smaller and smaller and my legs grew wearier and wearier until I came to a panting halt.