Crossword clues for weariness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Weariness \Wea"ri*ness\, n. The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.
With weariness and wine oppressed.
--Dryden.
A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor
miserable, only upon a weariness to do the same thing
so oft over and over.
--Bacon.
Wiktionary
n. 1 exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness 2 a lack of interest or excitement
WordNet
n. temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep" [syn: fatigue, tiredness]
Usage examples of "weariness".
Despite my weariness I considered attempting resistance with the males, then dismissed the notion as being what was expected.
Mary sat beside me on the hard buckboard seat, her head drooping with weariness.
At the beginning of September I found myself, on the whole, very well, suffering from no actual ills except the heat, the vermin, and weariness, for I could not be always reading Boethius.
And we did not fail to put the advice into practice, for never did a minute of ennui or of weariness, never did the slightest trouble, disturb our bliss.
It fitted his moods and temperaments like an old leather glove, calming him during troubled times, energizing him when weariness threatened to clog his brain, and gently stroking him when the depressions struck.
Something that spoke of far more than weariness or the fierceness of the battle past, and sliced through the lethargy of heat that had dulled her senses.
The Gul Moti, numb with weariness, had held on with her last ounce of strength.
We had passed it in all the enjoyment which can be derived both from the senses and the mind, and never had one single instant of weariness caused either of us to be guilty of that sad symptom of misery which is called a yawn.
Besides, he is at liberty to go away when he has had enough of it, or to sleep if he has a mind to, but if you play your part naturally he will not feel any weariness.
I went out and walked for two hours, until the approach of night and weariness made me stop short at the house of a farmer, where I had a bad supper and a bed of straw.
Germain had got over the king by arranging a laboratory where he occasionally tried to amuse himself, though he knew little about chemistry, but the king was the victim of an almost universal weariness.
I had walked for more than three leagues when hunger and weariness made me stop at a village inn, where I had an omelette cooked.
He stayed a week, and I should have died of weariness if it had not been for my daily visits to the Baron del Mestre.
They were beautifully drunk and happy, with that golden, warm, full-bodied and most lovely drunkenness that can come only from good rich wine and mellow ale and glorious and abundant food--a state that we recognize instantly when it comes to us as one of the rare, the priceless, the unarguable joys of living, something stronger than philosophy, a treasure on which no price can be set, a sufficient reward for all the anguish, weariness, and disappointment of living, and a far better teacher than Aquinas ever was.
Weariness compounded the incessant chill, hazing the mind toward dozing sleep and leaching away better judgment.