WEARIES Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

wearies

verb

present tense third-person singular of weary

as in bores

to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous these constant complaints are really wearying me

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as in wears

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

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As its name suggests, the beetle bores into trees, drilling tunnels to create breeding galleries.

— Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
The caterpillar bores into the stem through a tiny hole and tunnels inside the plant destroying tissue.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 June 2026

Definition of bores

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Olivia Miles, the rookie point guard for the Minnesota Lynx, wears a pair of bug-eyed sports goggles, black and bulbous, sometimes held in place by a thick strap that runs through her luxuriant Afro.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Every patient wears a card on a lanyard, encoded so the equipment knows who's standing in front of it.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of wears

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If a bureaucratic process exhausts whatever time a citizen has available, then benefits are lost or rights are denied.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026

Definition of exhausts

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Because the coating stops being an insulator when its breakdown threshold is reached, the charge rips through it in a miniature dielectric breakdown, the same failure mode that kills capacitors and transformer insulation.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
The forest feels healthy even though it is pockmarked with dead standing beetle kills.

— Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of kills

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More than 90% agreed or strongly agreed that scent work is enjoyable for dogs, tires them out and builds confidence in shy dogs.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
Kenner said Thuja will only truly rest after a long session of training or searching, which tires out not only her body but also her brain.

— Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of tires

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Aerate The Soil Soil that drains poorly and becomes waterlogged will cause grass to suffer, but nutgrass can flourish in these conditions.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026
Defensiveness extends conversations, weakens credibility and drains emotional energy that could have been directed toward solving problems.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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