Word Meanings - WEARIFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Abounding in qualities which cause weariness; wearisome. -- Wea"ri*ful*ly, adv.
Related words: (words related to WEARIFUL)
- CAUSEFUL
Having a cause. - CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - ABOUND
1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20. 2. To be copiously supplied; -- followed - CAUSERIE
Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat. - CAUSER
One who or that which causes. - CAUSELESS
1. Self-originating; uncreated. 2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham. - WEARINESS
The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue. With weariness and wine oppressed. Dryden. A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only upon a weariness to do the same thing so oft - WEARISOME
Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book. These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out our miles, and makes them wearisome. Shak. Syn. -- Irksome; tiresome; tedious; - CAUSE
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give - CAUSEWAY; CAUSEY
A way or road rasid above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton. (more - CAUSELESSNESS
The state of being causeless. - CAUSEUSE
A kind of sofa for two person. A tête-a-tête. - UNCAUSED
Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter. - OVERABOUND
To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant. Pope. - SUPERABOUND
To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country superabounds with corn. - BECAUSE
1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton. 2. In order that; that. And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. Matt. xx. 31. Because of, by reason of, on account of. Because of these - SEABOUND
Bounded by the sea. - CONCAUSE
A joint cause. Fotherby.