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adjective
Date: circa 1520
wearisome, tedious <a tiresome lecture> • tiresomely adverb • tiresomeness noun
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tiresome
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Tiresome — Tire some, a. Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse. {Tire some*ly}, adv. {Tire some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tiresome — index irksome, jejune (dull), lifeless (dull), operose, painful, pedestrian, prolix … Law dictionary
tiresome — (adj.) tedious, c.1500, from TIRE (Cf. tire) (v.) + SOME (Cf. some). Related: Tiresomely; tiresomeness … Etymology dictionary
tiresome — *irksome, wearisome, tedious, boring Analogous words: oppressive, burdensome, *onerous, exacting: fatiguing, exhausting, jading, fagging (see TIRE vb): arduous, *hard, difficult … New Dictionary of Synonyms
tiresome — [adj] irritating, exasperating a bit much*, annoying, arduous, boresome, boring, burdensome, demanding, difficult, drag, dragging, drudging, dull, enervative, exacting, exhausting, fatiguing, flat, hard, heavy, hefty, ho hum*, humdrum, irksome,… … New thesaurus
tiresome — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing one to feel bored or impatient. DERIVATIVES tiresomely adverb tiresomeness noun … English terms dictionary
tiresome — [tīr′səm] adj. [see SOME1] 1. tiring; boring; tedious 2. annoying; irksome tiresomely adv. tiresomeness n … English World dictionary
tiresome — adj. tiresome to + inf. (it s tiresome to do the same thing every day = it s tiresome doing the same thing every day) * * * [ taɪəsəm] tiresome to + inf. (it s tiresome to do the same thing every day = it s tiresome doing the same thing every… … Combinatory dictionary
tiresome — [[t]ta͟ɪ͟ə(r)səm[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone or something as tiresome, you mean that you find them irritating or boring. ...the tiresome old lady next door... It would be too tiresome to wait in the queue … English dictionary
tiresome — tire|some [ˈtaıəsəm US ˈtaır ] adj making you feel annoyed or impatient ▪ the whole tiresome business of filling out the forms ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ HINT sense 1 Do not confuse tiresome with tiring . Use tiring to say that something makes you feel tired: It… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tiresome — tire|some [ taırsəm ] adjective making you feel annoyed or bored: Checking all the address labels was a tiresome task. a tiresome old man ╾ tire|some|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
