wearies

Saps the strength

Wearies is the third-person singular of weary, meaning to tire or exhaust.

Something that wearies you drains your energy or patience: The constant noise wearies me.

A person wearies of something when they grow tired of it: She wearies of his excuses.

The word carries a sense of gradual fatigue rather than sudden exhaustion.

exhausts

tires

Rubber wheel coverings

depletes · enervates · wears down · overtaxes · overworks · debilitates · enfeebles · weakens · prostrates · burns out

bores

tedium

Wearisome dullness

boredom · repetitiveness · drudgery · sameness · humdrum · stagnation · jadedness · disinterest · apathy · listlessness

state

exhaustion

State of utter depletion

drowsiness · languor · lassitude · sluggishness · torpor · enervation · burnout · malaise · listlessness · sleepiness

Categories
Opposites
interest and engagement

weariesamuses

Causes mirth

entertains · engages · captivates · fascinates · enthralls

energy/vitality effect

weariesenergizes

Infuses with vigor

invigorates · refreshes · revitalizes · rejuvenates · activates

Phrases
Family

weariness, wearied, unwearied, wearier, weariest

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G