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PRONUNCIATION OF WAR-WEARY

war-weary  [ˌwɔːˈwɪərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAR-WEARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
War-Weary is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WAR-WEARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of war-weary in the English dictionary

The definition of war-weary in the dictionary is tired of fighting; tired of war.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WAR-WEARY


beweary
bɪˈwɪərɪ
diary
ˈdaɪərɪ
enquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
Erie
ˈɪərɪ
footweary
ˈfʊtˌwɪərɪ
forweary
fɔːˈwɪərɪ
hosiery
ˈhəʊzɪərɪ
inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
lire
ˈlɪərɪ
Neri
ˈnɪərɪ
outweary
ˌaʊtˈwɪərɪ
overweary
ˌəʊvəˈwɪərɪ
quaere
ˈkwɪərɪ
query
ˈkwɪərɪ
siri
ˈsɪərɪ
subsidiary
səbˈsɪdɪərɪ
theory
ˈθɪərɪ
travel-weary
ˈtrævəlˌwɪərɪ
unweary
ʌnˈwɪərɪ
weary
ˈwɪərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAR-WEARY

war paint
war record
war whoop
war widow
war zone
war-disabled
war-torn
war-weariness
war-wounded
War.
waragi
Warangal
waratah
warb
Warbeck
warble
warble fly
warbled
warbler
warbling

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAR-WEARY

alveary
balneary
bleary
deary
dreary
Dunleary
leary
Peary
smeary
speary
sweary
teary
tracheary
world-weary

Synonyms and antonyms of war-weary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «war-weary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAR-WEARY

Find out the translation of war-weary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of war-weary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «war-weary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

厌战
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cansada de la guerra
570 millions of speakers

English

war-weary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

युद्ध से थके हुए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الذي أنهكته الحرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Измученные войной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cansado da guerra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রণক্লান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

las de la guerre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Letih perang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kriegsmüde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

戦争で疲弊した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전쟁 에 지친
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perang-let suwe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiến tranh mệt mỏi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர் களைப்புற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युद्धरत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

savaş yorgunu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stanco della guerra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

znużony wojną
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Змучені війною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- război obosit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πόλεμο κουρασμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorlog - moeg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

krigströtta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

krigstrette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of war-weary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAR-WEARY»

The term «war-weary» is regularly used and occupies the 79.537 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAR-WEARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «war-weary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «war-weary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about war-weary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAR-WEARY»

Discover the use of war-weary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to war-weary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The 1864 Presidential Election: A War-Weary Nation Reelects ...
Lincoln defeats McClellan in the 1864 presidential election, as the Civil War continues.
Wendy Vierow, 2003
2
Battle Techniques for War Weary Saints
This book could make you feel brand new!
Mike Murdoch, 2012
3
Hope for the Heavy Heart: For the War-Weary and the Heaven-Bent
Join author Ellen Richardson, a trained individual, marriage and family therapist, in Hope for the Heavy Heart: For the War-Weary and the Heaven-bent as she teaches that just as we did not create ourselves or will ourselves into being, the ...
Ellen Richardson, 2009
4
Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II
When the gross inaccuracy of War-Weary aircraft led Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy to wonder if they did not violate official War Department policy against indiscriminate bombing, Arnold's staff responded with an argument that ...
Ronald Schaffer, 1985
5
The B-29 Superfortress Chronology, 1934-1960
Landed: 1/21/0209. Training mission, Maug Island, 6th Bomb Group. 42-6295, 58BW/40BG/45BS, Monsoon Minnie. Returned to U.S. by ATC crew as war weary . 42-6348,58BW/40BG/44BS, Bengal Lancer. Returned to U.S. as war weary.
Robert A. Mann, 2009
6
The Confederate War
But on what terms did most war-weary Confederates hope for peace? A mass of testimony suggests that many of them intended to fight on toward victory and southern nationhood. Thus could Tully Francis Parker, an officer with the 26th ...
Gary W. Gallagher, 1999
7
Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, ...
6 K WAR-WEARY WARRIORS Collectively, the black feminist organizations examined in this study spanned twelve years of activism. Black women engaged in consciousnessraising that clarified their position in relationship to mainstream  ...
Kimberly Springer, 2005
8
Ramblings in rhymeland: war poems, songs and other verse
Refrain: The flag of the free, Oh! see it unlurl'd, The Standard of-'hope to'a war- weary world; That Kaisers, and junkers, and tyrants may see,— All nations and peoples cembine to be f Too long have the people been treated as slaves By ...
E. Bain
9
Modeling the '50s: The Glory Years of Rail
CHAPTER. ELEVEN. Replacing. war-weary. freight. cars. 11-1 ... Once the material restrictions were lifted, new steel-car building increased as war-weary cars were replaced with new, innovative designs, and postwar freight trains became ...
‎2008
10
Healing the Nation: Soldiers and the Culture of Caregiving ...
While competing on traditional religious grounds to ameliorate the war-weary soul, these agencies embraced a new economic competitiveness driven by the war, one that especially coloured their relationship with the military establishment .
Jeffrey S. Reznick, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAR-WEARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term war-weary is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Macedonia's uniformed border thugs wait for war-weary Arab …
I came to Greece to cover Europe's shame – the possible departure of an EU member from the great post-war unification of the continent. But I found Europe's ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Lindsey Graham: I'm not a candidate for the "war-weary"
"If you're too tired to defend this country," Graham said, "if you're too war-weary, don't vote for me." Speaking about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), he ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
3
War-Weary Ukraine Shutters Cash-Starved Banks as Trust Falls
When Vasyl Klos plunked $9,000 into a bank branch in his hometown of Lviv, Ukraine, in 2013, he assumed it was safe because it was German owned. He was ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
4
Soccer team's Euro success lifts gloom in war-weary Ukraine
... Eastern Ukrainian club Dnipro are unexpectedly poised for possible European soccer glory, lifting the gloom in their war-weary country, at least for a while. «Reuters, May 15»
5
IS or Taliban? Either way, fear stalks war-weary Afghans
Either way, war-weary Afghans seem to be in for the bloodiest fighting season in a decade. The bomb on Saturday ripped through a crowd of government ... «Yahoo News, Apr 15»
6
Inside Debaltseve: War-weary Ukrainians welcome pause
Shell-shocked, exhausted and hungry, the residents of this nearly destroyed city are slowly emerging from their basements and bomb shelters to begin the ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
7
Americans aren't very 'war-weary' anymore. But Washington still is.
If you Google the Iraq or Afghanistan wars these days, you will almost universally come across the adjective "war-weary" or some variant. It's a word that has ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
8
Syria: The Way Forward, Without Illusions
Nearing the end of an eight year failed war in Iraq, the American public and military were war-weary and wary of any new engagements in the Middle East. «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
9
War-Weary Ukraine Votes for New Parliament
KIEV, Ukraine - Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President ... «NBCNews.com, Oct 14»
10
War-Weary Ukrainian Troops Protest In Kyiv
Hundreds of Ukrainian National Guard conscripts protested in front of the presidential administration building in Kyiv on October 13 to demand their ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. War-Weary [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/war-weary>. Apr 2024 ».
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