irksomenessn.
/ˈəːksəmnɪs/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun]
sada1200
fastidiuma1398
irkingc1400
irksomeness1435
tediousness1482
tediation1485
annuisance1502
weariness1526
wearisomenessa1568
irk1570
languor1596
tedification1616
tedium1662
ennui1758
dullery1841
boredom1853
mawkishness1861
fed-'upness1910
mouldiness1916
browned-offness1938
noia1944
the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [noun]
irksomeness1435
tediousness1482
fie?1550
heart-scald1628
disgustion1659
squeasinessa1660
sickness1779
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 22 Þat godis lufar, þe warld, idylnes & irksumnes forsakis.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 266/1 Irkesumnesse, fastidium.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 235/1 Irkesomnesse,..ennvÿ.
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 23 It driueth awaye irkesomnesse gotten by serious toile.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 186 L. Domitius,..for very irksomnesse of his tedious life, poisoned himselfe.
1721 R. Keith tr. Thomas à Kempis Soliloquy of Soul in tr. Thomas à Kempis Select Pieces II. Introd. 114 Subjects..proper to cherish and refresh the Mind when clouded with Irksomness or oppressed with Melancholy.
1822 C. Lamb Detached Thoughts on Bks. in Elia 2nd Ser. I could never listen to even the better kind of modern novels without extreme irksomeness.
2. The quality of being irksome, tedious, annoying, or distasteful; tediousness; formerly, also, disagreeableness, painfulness, revolting quality.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoying or vexatious quality
uneasiness1387
noyfulnessa1398
troublousness1530
irksomeness1533
troublesomeness1548
molestiousness1559
sturtsomenessa1586
incommodiousnessa1631
gallingness1647
vexatiousness1650
annoyingness1864
jarringness1865
peskiness1869
tryingness1897
bastardism1993
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious
irksomeness1533
wearisomeness1579
inanity1603
tediositya1625
drynessa1637
unliveliness1643
flatness1649
tedium1662
tiresomeness1668
aridity1692
languor1741
dullness1751
uninterestingness1794
ponderousness1801
yawniness1805
unimpressiveness1827
slowness1828
grey1830
fadeness1837
woodenness1854
tristeness1866
boresomeness1883
boringness1893
stodginess1899
monochrome1962
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 401 Fra owre army be laid to ane toun, na irksumnes of remote and fer sege,..may remove the samin.
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. v. sig. C4v Drunkards, That buy the merry madnesse of one hower, With the long irksomnesse of following time. View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 34 The irksomnesse of that truth which they brought was so unpleasant to them, that every where they call it a burden.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 184. ⁋2 He..finds the irksomeness of his task rather increased than lessened by every production.
1884 Edinb. Evening News 19 Dec. 2/2 Grievances..that gall with a most aggravating irksomeness.
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