WEARISOME

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

wearisome (comparative more wearisome, superlative most wearisome)

Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.

Synonyms

• See also wearisome

Source: Wiktionary

Wea"ri*some, a.

Definition: Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book. These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out our miles, and makes them wearisome. Shak.

Syn.

– Irksome; tiresome; tedious; fatiguing; annoying; vexatious. See Irksome.

– Wea"ri*some*ly, adv.

– Wea"ri*some*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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