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tiresome

[tahyuhr-suhm]

adjective

  1. causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome.

    a tiresome job.

    Synonyms: ,
  2. annoying or vexatious.

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tiresome

/ ˈٲɪəə /

adjective

  1. boring and irritating; irksome

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • tiresomely adverb
  • tiresomeness noun
  • ˈپdzԱ noun
  • ˈپdz adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tiresome1

First recorded in 1490–1500; tire 1 + -some 1
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But it seemed kind of stagy and, after a while, grew tiresome.

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Being constantly assured of one's goodness grows tiresome.

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Naturally, you’re being manipulated the whole time to keep you watching, as tiresome as the characters can become over the series’ several hours.

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"This was an extremely expensive, aggressive, tiresome behaviour," he said.

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But that dynamic can grow tiresome, even with more than a year’s pause between new seasons.

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