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Wearied

Definition: Wearied

Wearied

Adjective

1. Exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "wearied" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Synonym: Wearied

Synonym: jaded (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Wearied

English words defined with "wearied": AweariedDefatigableFatigateTo knock upWayworn, Weariable, Weariless. (references)
Specialty definitions using "wearied": Fabian Tactics, Fabius, Fagged Out. (references)
Etymologies containing "wearied": Fessitude. (references)

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Use in Literature: Wearied

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

This condition wearied him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Wearied

"Wearied" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 51.85% of the time. "Wearied" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)51.85%1493,893
Lexical Verb (past tense)29.63%8124,375
Adjective (general or positive)14.81%4175,879
Noun (proper)3.7%1339,140
                    Total100.00%27N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Wearied

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "wearied": time-wearied.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Wearied

Language Translations for "wearied"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

乏烦 (Wearying). (various references)

   

German

  

ermüdete (fatigued). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κουρασμένοσ (tired, washed out, weary). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מוטרח (bothered, troubled), לאה (exhausted, tired), נלאה (exhausted, spent, tired). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lankadt (droopy, faint, languid, languorous, slack, swooned, swooning, withered). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

飽きっぽい (capricious, fickle, soon wearied of). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

あきっぽい (capricious, fickle, soon wearied of). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

지치게 하는 (Fatigued). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tooillit (fatigued). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eariedway

   

Russian 

  

утомленный (aweary, washed out, wayworn, way-worn, weary). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

uttröttad (jiggered, tired to death, worn out). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

mệt nhọc chán, mệt mỏi (jaded, mondayish, tired, wan, weary), mệt (tired, wearisome, weary), chán ngắt (dull, dullness, dully, dulness, long-winded, mouldy, pedestrian, prosaic, tedious, weary). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

lluddedig (fatigued, tired). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Wearied

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

fatigatus, fessus, phesse. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Wearied

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 4, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintHn de ekei phgh tou iakwb o oun ihsouV kekopiakwV ek thV odoiporiaV ekaqezeto outwV epi th phgh wra hn wsei ekth
Latin405VulgateErat autem ibi fons Iacob Iesus ergo fatigatus ex itinere sedebat sic super fontem hora erat quasi sexta
Old English990West Saxonþær wæs Iacobes wylle.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the welle of Jacob was there; and Jhesus was weri of the iourney, and sat thus vpon the welle. And the our was, as it were the sixte.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd there was Iacobs well. Iesus then weryed in his iorney sate thus on the well. And it was about the sixte houre:
Jacobean English1611King JamesNow Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
Victorian English1833WebsterNow Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
Basic English1964OgdenNow Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Wearied

LanguageJohn Chapter 4, Verse 6
CebuanoUg didto ang atabay ni Jacob; ug si Jesus, sanglit gikapuyan man siya tungod sa iyang panaw, milingkod tupad sa atabay. Ug kadto may ikaunom na ang takna.
CroatianOndje bijaše zdenac Jakovljev. Isus je umoran od puta sjedio na zdencu. Bila je otprilike šesta ura.
DanishOg der var Jakobs Brønd. Jesus satte sig da, træt af Rejsen, ned ved Brønden; det var ved den sjette Time.
DutchEn aldaar was de fontein Jakobs. Jezus dan, vermoeid zijnde van de reize, zat alzo neder nevens de fontein. Het was omtrent de zesde ure.
FinnishJa siellä oli Jaakobin lähde. Kun nyt Jeesus oli matkasta väsynyt, istui hän lähteen reunalle. Ja oli noin kuudes hetki.
FrenchLà se trouvait le puits de Jacob. Jésus, fatigué du voyage, était assis au bord du puits. C`était environ la sixième heure.
GermanEs war aber daselbst Jakobs Brunnen. Da nun Jesus müde war von der Reise, setzte er sich also auf den Brunnen; und es war um die sechste Stunde.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariDi situ terdapat sumur Yakub. Yesus lelah sekali karena perjalanan, sebab itu Ia duduk di pinggir sumur. Waktu itu kira-kira pukul dua belas siang,
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka di situlah perigi Yakub. Maka Yesus, sebab penat berjalan, segeralah duduk di sisi perigi itu, yaitu kira-kira pukul dua belas tengah hari.
LatvianTur bija Jçkaba aka. Tad Jçzus, noguris ceïâ, apsçdâs pie akas. Bija apmçram sestâ stunda.
MaoriKei reira hoki te puna a Hakopa. Na kua ngenge a Ihu i te haerenga, heoi noho ana ia ki te taha o te puna: a meake ko te ono o nga haora.
Norwegianog der var Jakobs brønn. Jesus, som var trett av reisen, satt nu der ved brønnen; det var omkring den sjette time.
RumanianAcolo se afla fkntkna lui Iacov. Isus, ostenit de cqlqtorie, wedea lkngq fkntknq. Era cam pe la ceasul al waselea.
ShuarNuisha yumirmat ámiayi. Jakup taurma asamtai "Jakupa yumirmatri" tiarmiayi. Tutupin jeamtai Jesussha pimpiki winis yumirmat ayamach pujusmiayi.
SpanishEstaba allí el pozo de Jacob. Entonces Jesús, cansado del camino, estaba sentado junto al pozo. Era como la hora sexta.
SwahiliMahali hapo palikuwa na kisima cha Yakobo, naye Yesu, kutokana na uchovu wa safari, akaketi kando ya kisima. Ilikuwa yapata saa sita mchana.
SwedishOch där var Jakobs brunn. Eftersom nu Jesus var trött av vandringen, satte han sig strax ned vid brunnen. Det var vid den sjätte timmen.
UmaNeo' tebua' -mi eo-na, rata-imi hi ngata to Samaria to rahanga' Sikar, uma molaa ngkai tana' to napewai' Yakub owi hi Yusuf ana' -na. Hi mali ngata toe, ria hameha' buwu to rahanga' buwu Yakub. Mohura-imi Yesus hi wiwi' buwu toe, apa' lenge' -imi momako'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Wearied

Derivations

Words ending with "wearied": bewearied, outwearied, unwearied. (additional references)

Words containing "wearied": unweariedly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Wearied" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: waried, weired, weried. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Wearied"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "wearied" (pronounced wi"rēd)
5w i" r ē dqueried.
3-r ē dburied, carried, ferried, harried, intermarried, inventoried, liveried, married, parried, remarried, storied, unmarried, varied.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Wearied

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-r-w"

-1 letter: aeried, dearie, dewier, drawee, rediae, waired.

-2 letters: aerie, aider, aired, deair, dewar, eared, eider, irade, redia, rewed, wader, wared, weird, wider, wired, wried.

-3 letters: aide, arid, awed, awee, dare, dear, deer, dere, dire, draw, dree, drew, eide, ewer, idea, ired, raid, read, rede, reed, ride, wade, wadi, wair, ward, ware, wear, weed, weer.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-r-w"
 

+2 letters: bewearied, earwigged, tidewater, unwearied, waterside.

 

+3 letters: dewatering, dinnerware, firewalled, headwaiter, outwearied, tidewaters, waitressed, wardenries, watersides, weaverbird, whitebeard, widespread, wiredrawer, wirehaired, wiretapped.

 

+4 letters: breadthwise, breadwinner, dinnerwares, headwaiters, interweaved, semidwarves, unweariedly, weatherized, weaverbirds, whitebeards, windbreaker, wiredrawers, wisecracked.

 

+5 letters: breadwinners, inwardnesses, tawdrinesses, windbreakers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Wearied


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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