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weary

Best crossword clue

"Fatigued"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɪə̯ɹi/Part of speech verb, adjectiveSorted aerwyStarts with WEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
1W2E3A4R5Y

Definitions

  1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

Word origin

From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich (“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch (“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig (“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig (“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag (“drunken”), Latvian vārgs (“weak”), Lithuanian vergas (“slave”), Latvian vergs (“slave”).

Used in a sentence

  • A weary traveller knocked at the door.
  • I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary.
  • [I] am weary, thinking of your task.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Fatigued5 letters
02Tired5 letters

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