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单词 tiresome
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tiresome

People think that being old is tiresome.The histrionics can get a bit tiresome and you wonder why they put themselves up for it.But just as many probably find him really tiresome.This need to ape what other channels do is getting rather tiresome.But the battles are very frequent and it soon becomes a bit tiresome and slows the whole game down.Frankly, that got tiresome after a bit.Don't you find it tiresome always having to be conscious of your appearance?Instead of sitting in tiresome queues, just fly over them.It all sounds rather tiresome (why make up a slum when you can have a real one?I fear that his comments serve only to lengthen already tiresome lift queues.I can see life becoming a bit tiresome for him if he doesn't.But after four steps, it's all a bit tiresome.There have been many similar tricks, and the Germans find them extremely tiresome.The professors, for their part, were beginning to find it all rather tiresome.With men I find this tiresome.A bit tiresome, maybe, but not a hanging offence.Yet he had long since decided that these country house visits were, as often as not, a tiresome duty rather than a pleasure.

In other languages
tiresome

British English: tiresome ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone or something as tiresome, you mean that you find them irritating or boring.
...the tiresome old lady next door.
  • American English: tiresome
  • Brazilian Portuguese: enfadonho
  • Chinese: 讨厌的
  • European Spanish: aburrido
  • French: pénible
  • German: lästig
  • Italian: noioso
  • Japanese: うんざりする
  • Korean: 성가신
  • European Portuguese: enfadonho
  • Latin American Spanish: aburrido

Chinese translation of 'tiresome'

tiresome

(ˈtaɪəsəm)

adj

  1. 讨(討)厌(厭)的 (tǎoyàn de)
(adjective) 
Definition
boring and irritating
My neighbour is petty and tiresome.
Synonyms
boring
boring television programmes
annoying
You must have found my attitude annoying.
irritating
They have the irritating habit of interrupting you.
trying
The whole business has been very trying.
wearing
She finds his continual demands very wearing.
dull
They can both be rather dull.
tedious
the tedious business of line-by-line programming
exasperating
He is a very exasperating man to work with.
monotonous
It's monotonous work, like most factory jobs.
laborious
Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task.
uninteresting
Why did he choose these pale, nerveless, uninteresting people?
irksome
the irksome regulations
wearisome
a long and wearisome task
vexatious
the vexatious behaviour of petty-minded officials
Opposites
stimulating
,
exhilarating
,
interesting
,
inspiring
,
refreshing
,
rousing

Additional synonyms

in the sense of annoying
You must have found my attitude annoying.
Synonyms
irritating,
boring,
disturbing,
provoking,
teasing,
harassing,
aggravating (informal),
troublesome,
galling,
maddening,
exasperating,
displeasing,
bedevilling,
peeving (informal),
irksome,
bothersome,
vexatious
in the sense of dull
Definition
not interesting
They can both be rather dull.
Synonyms
boring,
tedious,
dreary,
flat,
dry,
plain,
commonplace,
tiresome,
monotonous,
prosaic,
run-of-the-mill,
humdrum,
unimaginative,
dozy,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
ho-hum (informal),
vapid,
as dry as dust
in the sense of exasperating
He is a very exasperating man to work with.
Synonyms
irritating,
provoking,
annoying,
infuriating,
aggravating (informal),
galling,
maddening,
vexing,
irksome,
enough to drive you up the wall (informal),
enough to try the patience of a saint

Synonyms of 'tiresome'

tiresome

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of irksome
Definition
annoying or tiresome
the irksome regulations
Synonyms
irritating,
trying,
annoying,
aggravating (informal),
troublesome,
unwelcome,
exasperating,
tiresome,
vexing,
disagreeable,
burdensome,
wearisome,
bothersome,
vexatious
in the sense of irritating
They have the irritating habit of interrupting you.
Synonyms
annoying,
trying,
provoking,
infuriating,
upsetting,
disturbing,
nagging,
aggravating (informal),
troublesome,
galling,
maddening,
disquieting,
displeasing,
worrisome,
irksome,
vexatious,
pestilential
in the sense of laborious
Definition
involving great exertion or prolonged effort
Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task.
Synonyms
hard,
difficult,
tiring,
exhausting,
wearing,
tough,
fatiguing,
uphill,
strenuous,
arduous,
tiresome,
onerous,
burdensome,
herculean,
wearisome,
backbreaking,
toilsome (literary)
in the sense of monotonous
Definition
tedious because of lack of variety
It's monotonous work, like most factory jobs.
Synonyms
tedious,
boring,
dull,
repetitive,
uniform,
all the same,
plodding,
tiresome,
humdrum,
unchanging,
colourless,
mind-numbing,
soporific,
ho-hum (informal),
repetitious,
wearisome,
samey (informal),
unvaried
in the sense of tedious
Definition
boring and uninteresting
the tedious business of line-by-line programming
Synonyms
boring,
dull,
dreary,
monotonous,
tiring,
annoying,
fatiguing,
drab,
banal,
tiresome,
lifeless,
prosaic,
laborious,
humdrum,
uninteresting,
long-drawn-out,
mind-numbing,
irksome,
unexciting,
soporific,
ho-hum (informal),
vapid,
wearisome,
deadly dull,
prosy,
dreich (Scottish)
in the sense of trying
Definition
upsetting, difficult, or annoying
The whole business has been very trying.
Synonyms
annoying,
hard,
taxing,
difficult,
tough,
upsetting,
irritating,
fatiguing,
stressful,
aggravating (informal),
troublesome,
exasperating,
arduous,
tiresome,
vexing,
irksome,
wearisome,
bothersome
in the sense of uninteresting
Definition
boring or dull
Why did he choose these pale, nerveless, uninteresting people?
Synonyms
boring,
dull,
tedious,
flat,
dry,
commonplace,
dreary,
drab,
tiresome,
monotonous,
uninspiring,
humdrum,
uneventful,
mind-numbing,
unexciting,
ho-hum (informal),
wearisome,
unenjoyable,
as dry as dust
in the sense of vexatious
Definition
vexing
the vexatious behaviour of petty-minded officials
Synonyms
annoying,
trying,
irritating,
worrying,
disappointing,
upsetting,
distressing,
provoking,
unpleasant,
teasing,
tormenting,
harassing,
nagging,
aggravating (informal),
afflicting,
troublesome,
exasperating,
disagreeable,
burdensome,
worrisome,
irksome,
bothersome
in the sense of wearing
Definition
causing exhaustion and sometimes irritation
She finds his continual demands very wearing.
Synonyms
tiresome,
trying,
taxing,
tiring,
exhausting,
fatiguing,
oppressive,
exasperating,
irksome,
wearisome
in the sense of wearisome
Definition
causing fatigue and irritation
a long and wearisome task
Synonyms
tedious,
trying,
wearing,
boring,
exhausting,
dull,
annoying,
fatiguing,
troublesome,
oppressive,
exasperating,
tiresome,
monotonous,
prosaic,
humdrum,
burdensome,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
irksome,
bothersome,
vexatious,
pestilential
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