Tiresome

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome. See Synonyms at boring.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to tire; exhausting the strength; fatiguing: as, a tiresome journey.
  • Exhausting the patience or attention; wearisome; tedious; prosy.
  • Synonyms and
  • Tedious, Irksome, etc. See wearisome.
  • Dull, humdrum.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  • Equivalent
    Cross Reference
    dull   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    exhausted    wearisome    fatiguing    tedious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tedious    disagreeable    irksome    bore    stupid    monotonous    troublesome    annoy    pointless    awkward