slovo | definícia |
wearying (encz) | wearying, adj: |
Wearying (gcide) | Weary \Wea"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wearied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wearying.]
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1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance
of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with
labor or traveling.
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So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers.
--Shak.
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2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as
by continuance.
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I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak.
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3. To harass by anything irksome.
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I would not cease
To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton.
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To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
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Syn: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.
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wearying (wn) | wearying
adj 1: producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit
was especially wearing" [syn: exhausting, tiring,
wearing, wearying] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
unwearying (encz) | unwearying,neunavující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wearyingly (encz) | wearyingly,namáhavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
exhausting tiring wearing wearying (gcide) | effortful \effortful\ adj.
1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of effortless.
[Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking,
grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious,
punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome}; {exhausting,
tiring, wearing, wearying}] Also See: difficult, hard.
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Wearying (gcide) | Weary \Wea"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wearied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wearying.]
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1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance
of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with
labor or traveling.
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So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers.
--Shak.
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2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as
by continuance.
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I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. --Shak.
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3. To harass by anything irksome.
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I would not cease
To weary him with my assiduous cries. --Milton.
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To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
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Syn: To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade.
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unwearying (wn) | unwearying
adj 1: showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging
vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a
tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"
[syn: indefatigable, tireless, unflagging,
unwearying] |
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