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
tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)
Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
• (causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting
• See also wearisome
• (causing fatigue or boredom): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting
• Timorese, mroseite, romeites
Source: Wiktionary
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
29 June 2025
(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; “an estimable young professor”; “trains ran with admirable precision”; “his taste was impeccable, his health admirable”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
