wearying
adjective
[ ˈwɪərɪɪŋ ]
• causing tiredness; tiring.
• "a long, wearying journey"
weary
verb
• cause to become tired.
• "she was wearied by her persistent cough"
Similar:
tire,
tire out,
fatigue,
wear out,
overtire,
exhaust,
drain,
sap,
wash out,
tax,
overtax,
enervate,
debilitate,
enfeeble,
jade,
incapacitate,
devitalize,
prostrate,
whack,
bush,
shatter,
frazzle,
wear to a frazzle,
poop,
take it out of,
fag out,
do in,
knock out,
knacker,
bore,
make fed up,
irk,
irritate,
exhaust someone's patience,
annoy,
exasperate,
get on someone's nerves,
get to,
• grow tired of or bored with.
• "she wearied of the sameness of her life"
Similar:
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,
become/get bored of,
have had something up to here,
• be distressed; fret.
• "don't think I'm wearying about not being able to paint any more"
Origin:
Old English wērig, wǣrig, of West Germanic origin.
