weariness

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weariness

  • /ˈwɪəɹinɪs/ UK
  • /ˈwɪ(ə)ɹinɪs/ US

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

noun wearinesses

  1. uncountable, usually Exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness. Now when he had reached the King's capital wherein was Alaeddin, he alighted at one of the Kháns; and, when he had rested from the weariness of wayfare, he donned his dress and went down to wander about the streets, where he never passed a group without hearing them prate about the pavilion and its
  2. uncountable, usually A lack of interest or excitement. “From the end of the Bush years up through 2013 and ’14, there was a war weariness that was permeating even Republicans,” said David Boaz, author of a new book “The Libertarian Mind.” “However, the videos of ISIS beheading Americans and other people have certainly made it more difficult to stick to

Similar: defatigation, fatigue, languor

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