Meanings
adjectivewearying (comparative more wearying, superlative most wearying)
comparative more wearying · superlative most wearying
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of weary
nounwearying (plural wearyings)
plural wearyings
- The process of making weary.
Despite vigils and their wearyings, they love the stir and movement of that sunny period when my lady's diamonds emerge from their morocco cases, and every day brings home some new dress, bonnet, or cap, […]
1841, Bentley's Miscellany, volume 8, page 159
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveproducing exhaustion
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