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After years of use, the paint has worn off. 4 Often, wear well.
last, endure, survive, hold up, bear up, stand up: I wrote to
the makers telling them the shoes have worn well. 5 drag, pass
slowly, creep by or along, go by gradually or tediously: The
hours wore on as I waited for the test results. 6 Often, wear
out. tire, fatigue, exhaust, debilitate, weary, enervate, drain,
burden: You must be worn out from carrying those heavy books.
7 bore, exasperate, harass, vex, annoy, irritate, tax, strain:
I find it wearing to listen to that music all day long.
--n. 8 wearing, use, utilization; attire, garb, clothing,
clothes, apparel, dress, gear: Did you get much wear out of
your new hat? Suzanne is modelling a silver lam‚ dress for
evening wear. 9 wear and tear, attrition, deterioration, damage,
fraying, chafing, abrasion, erosion, corrosion, friction: As
the engine ages, heavier oil is needed to offset the normal
wear.
weary adj. 1 tired, fatigued, exhausted, worn out, drained, spent,
Colloq all in, ready to drop, fagged (out), done in, dead (on
(one's) feet), frazzled, dead beat, dog-tired, Brit knocked up,
US knocked out, Slang Brit whacked, knackered, US pooped, zonked
(out), shot: He is so weary after work that he can scarcely eat
his dinner. 2 boring, irksome, irritating, tedious, vexing,
annoying, exasperating, burdensome, wearying, tiring, fatiguing,
draining, taxing, wearisome: We walked many a weary mile before
reaching the oasis. 3 bored, impatient, jaded, blas‚, Colloq
fed up, sick and tired, Taboo slang browned off: I wish he
would wipe that weary expression off his smug face.
--v. 4 Often, weary of. tire (of), be or become bored (with or
by) or impatient (with) or jaded (with or by), Colloq be or
become fed up (with) or sick and tired (of): I soon wearied of
her nagging. 5 exhaust, enervate, fatigue, tire, debilitate,
drain, tax, wear or tire out: The long trek across country had
wearied us all.
weather n. 1 (meteorological) condition(s), climate: The weather
suddenly changed, and we arrived home cold and wet. 2 under the
weather. ailing, ill, sickly, unwell, indisposed, out of sorts,
sick, Colloq poorly, seedy: I didn't go sailing because I was
feeling a bit under the weather.