different between tired vs weariness

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ta??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ta??d/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)d

Verb

tired

1. simple past tense and past participle of tire

Adjective

tired (comparative more tired or tireder, superlative most tired or tiredest)

1. In need of some rest or sleep.
2. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

   I'm tired of this

3. Overused, cliché.

   a tired song

4. (slang, African-American Vernacular) ineffectual; incompetent

Usage notes

• Adverbs often applied to "tired": physically, mentally, emotionally.

Synonyms

• (in need of rest): exhausted, fatigued, languid; See also Thesaurus:fatigued
• (in need of sleep): sleepy; See also Thesaurus:sleepy
• (fed up): See also Thesaurus:annoyed
• (overused): See also Thesaurus:hackneyed

Translations

See also

• I am tired
• sick and tired
• that tired feeling

Anagrams

• drite, tride, tried

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w???in?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w??in?s/
• Hyphenation: weari?ness

Noun

weariness (usually uncountable, plural wearinesses)

1. Exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness.
   • 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:

     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 grandeur and vaunt the beauty of Alaeddin and his lovesomeness, his liberality and generosity, his fine manners and his good morals.

2. A lack of interest or excitement.

Synonyms

• defatigation
• fatigue

Translations