weariness

UK/ˈwɪəɹinɪs/US/ˈwɪ(ə)ɹinɪs/

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Weariness is deep tiredness of body or spirit. A settled weariness.

It is heavier than tiredness and often about a situation rather than any effort. Weariness with a subject is what ends most long arguments rather than any conclusion.

Definitions of weariness

1nounwearinessDeep tiredness of body or spirit.B2+
“The weariness in his voice was about the whole decade.”

weariness is a tiredness.

Where it comes from

Old English werignes comes from werig, tired, with cognates across the Germanic languages.

Old English
wēriġnes — weariness
Middle English
werynes
English, today
weariness

From Middle English werynes, werinesse, from Old English wēriġnes (“weariness”), equivalent to weary + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

weariness in the wild

With the war-weariness increasing in civilian parts of the Confederacy during 1863, pro-Union activities began to become organized as resistance.
John Pool
The expression "heigh-ho" was first recorded in 1553 and is defined as an expression of "yawning, sighing, languor, weariness, disappointment".
Heigh-Ho
Dominant themes include world-weariness, innocence, idealism, entropy, heat death of the universe, exhaustion or depletion of many or all resources, and the hope of renewal.
Dying Earth (genre)
Especially this product improves the growth of children and helps recovery from the weariness due to illness and stress.
Kyung-ok-ko
War-weariness is the public or political disapproval of the continuation of a prolonged conflict or war.
War-weariness

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