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wearying

ADJECTIVE
tiring
Synonyms


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For 35 years, Mr. Self has continued in a similar vein, dazzling and sometimes wearying his readers with his madcap plots and lexical pyrotechnics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

But everyone is going through something difficult in “Cordially,” and the lack of, well, cordiality can be wearying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

That’s not to say that “Our Little Secret” isn’t enjoyable all on its own, only that it’s become wearying to watch Lohan confined to the limits of a holiday movie made for a streamer.

From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2024

What he got had a wearying familiarity to it.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024

Dewey, for example, had spent two wearying and wasted days trying to trace that phantom pair, the Mexicans sworn by Paul Helm to have visited Mr. Clutter on the eve of the murders.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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