TIRESOME

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

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Etymology

Adjective

tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)

Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

Synonyms

• (causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting

• See also wearisome

Antonyms

• (causing fatigue or boredom): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting

Anagrams

• Timorese, mroseite, romeites

Source: Wiktionary

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Tire"some, a.

Definition: Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.

– Tire"some*ly, adv.

– Tire"some*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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