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tiresome

[ tahyuhr-suhm ]

/ ˈtaɪər səm /

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adjective

causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job.

annoying or vexatious.

Origin of tiresome

First recorded in 1490–1500; tire¹ + -some¹

SYNONYMS FOR tiresome

1 dull, fatiguing, humdrum.

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ANTONYMS FOR tiresome

2 interesting.

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OTHER WORDS FROM tiresome

tire·some·ly, adverb tire·some·ness, noun

Words nearby tiresome

tired, tired out, tiree, tireless, tiresias, tiresome, tirewoman, tirich mir, tiring, tiring room, tiriti

Example sentences from the Web for tiresome

But it was so tiresome that even the biggest Broadway baby was fantasizing about the possibility of a CSI repeat to end our pain.

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If that strikes us as tiresome and tedious, we might as well just hang it up and trigger some global thermonuclear war.

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Be warned - my husband's night time demands are rigorous and I am of an age where this is most tiresome.

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But many New Yorkers had come to view him as a tiresome nanny.

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It's tiresome to end an article with a call for more research.

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"I'm afraid it would prove a springless and tiresome drive, Happie," said Miss Keren.

Six Girls and Bob |Marion Ames Taggart
I am detained in town by provoking, tiresome, but necessary business.

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It really is tiresome, though, to have a piano like that at the school.

The Manor House School |Angela Brazil
Really, all women—even mothers—were tiresome at times with their questions!

The Reason Why |Elinor Glyn
On the contrary, he listened to me laughingly, as one might to a tiresome child, and expressed his regret.

The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |Modeste Tchaikovsky

British Dictionary definitions for tiresome

tiresome

/ (ˈtaɪəsəm) /

adjective

boring and irritating; irksome

Derived forms of tiresome

tiresomely, adverb tiresomeness, noun