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Synonyms of weary in English:

weary


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See Spanish definition of cansado

adjective

1‘he arrived home weary after cycling several miles’

SYNONYMS
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, done in, done 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’

SYNONYMS
tired of, fed up with, bored by, bored with, sick of, sick and tired of, jaded by, jaded with, surfeited by, surfeited with, satiated by, glutted by, glutted with
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’

SYNONYMS
tiring, exhausting, wearying, fatiguing, enervating, draining, sapping, stressful, wearing, trying, crushing
demanding, exacting, taxing, challenging, burdensome, arduous, gruelling, 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’

SYNONYMS
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’

SYNONYMS
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’

SYNONYMS
tire of, become weary of, get weary of, become tired of, get tired of, become fed up with, get fed up with, become fed to death with, get fed to death with, become bored by, become bored with, get bored by, get bored with, become satiated with, get satiated with, become jaded with, get jaded with, become sick of, get sick of, become sick to death of, get sick to death of, sicken of
have had enough of, have had a surfeit of, have had a glut of
informal become bored of, get bored of, have had something up to here