tiresome

English

Etymology

From tire +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɹsəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪəsəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: tire‧some

Adjective

tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)

1. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

   Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• tiresomeness

Translations

causing fatigue or boredom

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Azerbaijani: yorucu Belarusian: абры́длівы (abrýdlivy) Bulgarian: уморителен (bg) (umoritelen) Catalan: empipador (ca) Finnish: rasittava (fi), pitkästyttävä (fi) French: ennuyeux (fr), barbant (fr) Georgian: მომაბეზრებელი (momabezrebeli) German: ermüdend (de), mühsam (de) Hungarian: unalmas (hu), idegesítő (hu), fárasztó (hu) Irish: liosta Italian: fastidioso (it), noioso (it) Latin: molestus Malay: membosankan (ms) Maori: tōwenewene Polish: nudny (pl) Portuguese: cansativo (pt), entediante (pt), enfadonho (pt) Romanian: obositor (ro) Russian: утоми́тельный (ru) (utomítelʹnyj), ску́чный (ru) (skúčnyj) Spanish: fatigoso (es), cansador (es), agotador (es) Thai: น่าเบื่อ (nâa-bʉ̀ʉa), น่าเบื่อหน่าย, น่าเหนื่อยหน่าย Turkish: yorucu (tr) Zazaki: edıznaye

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