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[ tahyuhr-suhm ] / ˈtaɪər səm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tiresome ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job. annoying or vexatious. Origin of tiresomeFirst recorded in 1490–1500; tire1 + -some1 SYNONYMS FOR tiresome1 dull, fatiguing, humdrum. SEE SYNONYMS FOR tiresome ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR tiresomeSEE ANTONYMS FOR tiresome ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM tiresometire·some·ly, adverbtire·some·ness, nounWords nearby tiresometired out, Tiree, tire iron, tireless, Tiresias, tiresome, tirewoman, Tîrgu Mureş, Tirich Mir, tiring, tiring room Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tiresomeBut it was so tiresome that even the biggest Broadway baby was fantasizing about the possibility of a CSI repeat to end our pain. Hugh Jackman's Tony Jumping Fail, Plus the Winners and Standout Moments of Broadway's Biggest Night|Tim Teeman|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST If that strikes us as tiresome and tedious, we might as well just hang it up and trigger some global thermonuclear war. In Defense of the Selfie, Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year|James Poulos|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Be warned - my husband's night time demands are rigorous and I am of an age where this is most tiresome. Penis Beakers and Constipated Dolls: What Mothers REALLY Want To Know|Tom Sykes|October 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST But many New Yorkers had come to view him as a tiresome nanny. New York City Mayoral Race Looks Wonderfully Like Democracy at Its Best|Michael Daly|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It's tiresome to end an article with a call for more research. Affirmative Action: Who Does it Help, Who Does it Hurt?|Megan McArdle|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST "I'm afraid it would prove a springless and tiresome drive, Happie," said Miss Keren. Six Girls and Bob|Marion Ames Taggart I am detained in town by provoking, tiresome, but necessary business. Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth It really is tiresome, though, to have a piano like that at the school. The Manor House School|Angela Brazil Really, all women—even mothers—were tiresome at times with their questions! The Reason Why|Elinor Glyn On the contrary, he listened to me laughingly, as one might to a tiresome child, and expressed his regret. The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for tiresome
adjectiveboring and irritating; irksome Derived forms of tiresometiresomely, adverbtiresomeness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tiresometedious, onerous, laborious, monotonous, tired, boring, tiring, exhausting, annoying, uninteresting, dull, ho-hum, arduous, burdensome, demanding, difficult, drag, dragging, exacting, flat |