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as in tired
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
I am just too weary to do any more work tonight
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as in bored
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
I am totally weary of this constant bickering
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as in tiring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
a weary march through a lot of boring facts and figures
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as in to bore
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous
these constant complaints are really wearying me
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as in to wear
to use up all the physical energy of
a whole day of hard physical labor had thoroughly wearied her
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Recent Examples of weary
Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 May 2026
Keough is terrific in the role, weary and impatient from having to exceed big-sister responsibilities from an early age.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Oliver Kay, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Disney-Marvel’s wearying blockbuster hopeful The Fantastic Four: First Steps — starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach — dropped out of the top five at the domestic box office over the weekend as an underwhelming summer movie season draws to a close.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
An underdeveloped subplot sees Temir befriend Alika (Jaliyah Richards), a self-conscious Nigerian-American girl from his wrestling class, while a contrastingly fanciful one concerns Azik’s capturing of a likewise far-from-home pelican to cheer up the heavily pregnant and bone-weary Zalya.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 May 2026
Keough is terrific in the role, weary and impatient from having to exceed big-sister responsibilities from an early age.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Verb
And then, with wearying inevitability, the Premier League would follow suit.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Disney-Marvel’s wearying blockbuster hopeful The Fantastic Four: First Steps — starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach — dropped out of the top five at the domestic box office over the weekend as an underwhelming summer movie season draws to a close.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weary
Adjective
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The film, which stars Hannah Einbinder as a filmmaker tasked with revamping a tired summer camp horror franchise with its cryptic lead played by Gillian Anderson in tow, is set to make its way to theaters this August.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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Each day, after teaching classes for a local extension office, taking online courses and caring for everyone, Denise is just tired.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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These dumb little kids were freaking bored.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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Additionally, reasons included enjoying the job, liking to work, being bored, and wanting to help others.—
Helen Dennis,
Daily News,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Eventually, after tiring of The Duchess & I, The Duchess & Me and other similar names, the filmmakers decided to go with My Duchess.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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Traveling with a heavy bag can make any journey feel longer and more tiring.—
Destinee Scott,
Travel + Leisure,
7 May 2026
Verb
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However, with their perpetual pose of undeserved victimhood, Zionists were boring first.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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Carpenter ants and wood-boring beetles are also common, especially in older homes and damp crawl spaces.—
Ryan Brennan
May 15,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
Verb
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David Letterman and Stephen Colbert stood on the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, wearing suits and clutching watermelons to their chests.—
Elahe Izadi,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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Bella wore a gold dress from Michael Kors's spring 2023 ready-to-wear collection.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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But crucially, people are very exhausted by the amount of noise online and by AI slop.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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For just one example of how this firehose of data is expected to transform our understanding of the cosmos, consider supernovas, the brilliant death throes of exhausted stars.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Moreover, the subject is weedy and boring.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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In comic book canon, Clark's earlier years are actually pretty boring!—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Tottenham began to tire and Tel was ultimately punished for his reckless boot in his own box.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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With recent collaborations with tech titans like NVIDIA and hardware experts like Kinova, AtkinsRéalis is building an ecosystem where the next generation of energy is managed by machines that never tire and fear nothing, even the invisible glow of a reactor core.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Weary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weary. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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