weariness

Roget category 841

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections

#841. Weariness

noun

weariness, defatigation^† — lassitude etc. (fatigue) 688 — drowsiness etc. 683.
disgust, nausea, loathing, sickness — satiety etc. 869 — taedium vitae etc. (dejection) 837 — boredom, ennui.
wearisomeness, tediousness etc. adj. — dull work, tedium, monotony, twice-told tale.
bore, buttonholer, proser^†, wet blanket — pill [Slang], stiff [Slang] — heavy hours, the enemy" (time).

verb

weary — tire etc. (fatigue) 688 — bore — bore to death, weary to death, tire to death, bore out of one's skull, bore out of one's life, weary out of one's life, tire out of one's life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, wear out one's patience, tire out of all patience — set to sleep, send to sleep — buttonhole.
pall, sicken, nauseate, disgust.
harp on the same string — drag its slow length along, drag its weary length along.
never hear the last of — be tired of, be sick of, be tired with etc. adj. — yawn — die with ennui.
[of journalistic articles] MEGO, my eyes glaze over.

adjective

wearying etc. v. — wearing — wearisome, tiresome, irksome — uninteresting, stupid, bald, devoid of interest, dry, monotonous, dull, arid, tedious, humdrum, mortal, flat — prosy, prosing — slow, soporific, somniferous.
disgusting etc. v. — unenjoyed^†.
weary, tired etc. v. — drowsy etc. (sleepy) 683 — uninterested, flagging, used up, worn out, blase, life-weary, weary of life — sick of.

adverb

wearily etc. adj. — usque ad nauseam [Lat.].

phrase

time hanging heavily on one's hands — toujours perdrix [Fr.] — crambe repetita [Lat.].

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