overweary

American  

[oh-ver-weer-ee, oh-ver-weer-ee] / ˈoʊ vərˈwɪər i, ˌoʊ vərˈwɪər i /

adjective

1. excessively weary; tired out.

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verb (used with object)

overwearied, overwearying

1. to weary to excess; overcome with weariness.

Etymology

Origin of overweary

First recorded in 1570–80; over- + weary

Example Sentences

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overweary overwearied

And such an oppressed, burdened and overweary Atlas was the 1.8 million group sharing the $10.2 billion load .

From Time Magazine Archive

How often, when she sat opposite me in the sewing-room, her hands dropped in her lap, and she went to sleep, like an overweary child.

From A Sister's Love A Novel by Heimburg, W.

"Sahib," I said, considering his words as a cook tastes curry, "our men be overweary to have fight in them."

From Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders by Mundy, Talbot

I am overweary for the road; let Simwa find it.

From The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts by Austin, Mary Hunter

That I am," laughed Brian, "and soon, for I am overweary with riding.

From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.

The pneumonia of the shiftless, the tuberculosis of the overwearied struggler, the heart disease of the adventurer, no longer acted alone as our receiving agents.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thou shalt not be overwearied with waiting; one year and then— Barren fig-tree, dost thou hear what a striving there is between the vinedresser and the husbandman for thy life?

From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John

I go home at night overwearied, quite faint, and then to cards with my father, who will not let me enjoy a meal in peace.

From Charles Lamb by Cornwall, Barry

As for Pennyloaf, she was so overwearied that hours passed before oblivion fell upon her aching eyelids.

From The Nether World by Gissing, George

He was much calmer now, though overwearied with the strain of his many journeys.

From The Wendigo by Blackwood, Algernon