Tiresome

Tire′some

,

Adj.

Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious;

as, a

tiresome

journey; a

tiresome

discourse.

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Tire′some-ly

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adv.

–

Tire′some-ness

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Noun.

Tiresome

TI'RESOME

,

Adj.

Wearisome; fatiguing; exhausting the strength; as a tiresome day's work; a tiresome journey.

1.

Tedious; exhausting the patience; as a tiresome discourse. The debates in congress are said to be sometimes very tiresome.

tiresome

English

Adjective

tiresome ‎(comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)

Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

Synonyms

(causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome
See also Wikisaurus:wearisome

Antonyms

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

Translations

causing fatigue or boredom

Belarusian: абры́длівы m ‎(abrýdlivy)
Catalan: empipador
Finnish: rasittava (fi), pitkästyttävä (fi)
French: ennuyeux (fr) m, ennuyeuse (fr) f, barbant (fr) m
Hungarian: unalmas (hu), idegesítő (hu), fárasztó (hu)
Irish: liosta

Italian: fastidioso (it) m, fastidiosa (it) f, noioso (it) m, noiosa (it) f
Maori: tōwenewene
Polish: nudny (pl)
Portuguese: cansativo (pt)
Romanian: obositor (ro)
Russian: утоми́тельный (ru) ‎(utomítelʹnyj), ску́чный (ru) ‎(skúčnyj)
Spanish: cansado (es)

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Tiresome

TI'RESOME

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