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IRKSOME
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
(adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; “a boring evening with uninteresting people”; “the deadening effect of some routine tasks”; “a dull play”; “his competent but dull performance”; “a ho-hum speaker who couldn’t capture their attention”; “what an irksome task the writing of long letters is”- Edmund Burke; “tedious days on the train”; “the tiresome chirping of a cricket”- Mark Twain; “other people’s dreams are dreadfully wearisome”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
irksome (comparative more irksome, superlative most irksome)
Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
Synonyms: bothersome, annoying, irritating, wearisome, tedious
Anagrams
• kirsome, smokier
Source: Wiktionary
Irk"some, a.
1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. Milton.
2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. Latimer.
Syn.
– Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome.
– Irksome, Wearisome, Tedious. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. Wearisome nights are appointed to me. Job vii. 3. Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. Dryden.
– Irk"some*ly, adv.
– Irk"some*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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