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adjective

Definition of wearyingnext
as in tiring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest a wearying effort to sort through years of records

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wearying

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verb

present participle of weary
1
as in boring
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous these constant complaints are really wearying me

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2
as in exhausting
to use up all the physical energy of a whole day of hard physical labor had thoroughly wearied her

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wearying
  1. tiring
  2. boring
  3. weary
  4. slow
  5. old
  6. dull
  7. stupid
  8. dusty
Adjective
  • As for food, those tiring of tagine may be glad of the West African restaurants tucked away within the medina.
    Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • That eliminates long, tiring road transfers, and allows more time in the bush.
    Holden Frith, The Week UK, theweek, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of tiring
Verb
  • Chiefs beat Texans 27-19, Is Kansas City being favorites getting boring?
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Chiefs beat Texans 27-19, Is Kansas City being favorites getting boring?
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of boring
Adjective
  • In 2006, the company reportedly sold a hundred thousand cases, but demand ran dry and Waterkeepers grew weary.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In both cases, the Lakers could receive enough assets to begin a rebuilding project that their weary fans would surely support.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of weary
Adjective
  • The Wi-Fi will always be slow and the gossip will always be fast.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Snow has been slow to arrive in Big Bear this year, but the long-term forecast calls for big changes.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of slow
Adjective
  • Perhaps the most striking comes from the Baltimore Experience Corps trial, a large experiment in which adults age 60 and older were randomly assigned to either volunteer at elementary schools or be put on a waiting list.
    Maria Godoy, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of old
Adjective
  • From designing cutting-edge medical devices to building electric vehicles in the factory of the future—using robots, AI, VR, automation and more—manufacturing is anything but dull.
    Ethan Karp, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Or just a dull roar, bellowing 93 million miles away?
    Harri Weber, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of dull
Adjective
  • The Boke character, which would be Johnson, is the one who will make a mistake on purpose, or make a stupid joke.
    Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • Small, personal attentions are dotted throughout the stay, such as tucking in a teddy, proactively repairing an earring’s closing mechanism, rejuvenating dusty trainers after a day of exploration, or bringing in canapés the guest visibly enjoyed at dinner as a mid-day snack.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • And some days, its dusty air carries the stench of the polluted Salton Sea eight miles west.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of dusty
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