Tiresome

  • 11tiresome — 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 …

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  • 12tiresome — UK [ˈtaɪə(r)s(ə)m] / US [ˈtaɪrsəm] adjective making you feel annoyed or bored Checking all the address labels was a tiresome task. a tiresome old man Derived word: tiresomely adverb …

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  • 13tiresome — adjective Date: circa 1520 wearisome, tedious < a tiresome lecture > • tiresomely adverb • tiresomeness noun …

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  • 14tiresome — tiresomely, adv. tiresomeness, n. /tuyeur seuhm/, adj. 1. causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job. 2. annoying or vexatious. [1490 1500; TIRE1 + SOME1] Syn. 1. dull, fatiguing, humdrum. Ant. 2. interesting. * * * …

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  • 15tiresome — adjective Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome. Eventually his long stories became tiresome. Syn: boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious …

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  • 16tiresome — adjective making you feel annoyed or impatient: the whole tiresome business of filling out the forms …

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  • 17tiresome — adjective the word is that she just couldn t stand one more day of his tiresome obsession with computer games Syn: boring, dull, tedious, insipid, wearisome, wearing, uninteresting, uneventful, humdrum, monotonous, mind numbing; annoying,&#8230; …

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  • 18tiresome — adj. 1 wearisome, tedious. 2 colloq. annoying (how tiresome of you!). Derivatives: tiresomely adv. tiresomeness n …

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  • 19tiresome - tiring — ◊ tiresome You say that someone or something is tiresome when they make you feel annoyed, irritated, or bored. She can be a very tiresome child at times. I really came to ask you some rather tiresome questions. ◊ tiring Something which is tiring …

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  • 20tiresome — Synonyms and related words: aggravating, annoying, bland, boresome, boring, bothering, bothersome, burdensome, common, commonplace, difficult, disagreeable, disturbing, draining, drudging, dull, exasperating, exhausting, fatiguesome, fatiguing,&#8230; …

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