overweary
adjectiveDefinition of overweary
(Entry 1 of 2)
: too weary : extremely tired or worn out
He was somewhat overweary after a strenuous year; but to Dartmoor he always came for health and rest when opportunity offered …— Eden Phillpotts I resolved to establish myself as a well-behaved female at one or two good restaurants, where I could dine alone at a pleasant table with adequate attentions rather than be pushed into a corner and given a raw or overweary waiter.— M. F. K. Fisher And many established managers … are overloaded and overweary of helping people up the ropes who don't always appreciate their cost-free contributions.— Joyce Lain Kennedy
overweary
verb
overwearied;
overwearying
Definition of overweary (Entry 2 of 2)
: to make excessively weary : to cause to be extremely tired or worn out
It was not physical exercise that overwearied him, … it was his tendency to remain only too quiescent, as regarded any toil of the limbs and muscles.— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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