tiresome

Tiresome — Tire some, a. Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse. {Tire some*ly}, adv. {Tire some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

tiresome — index irksome, jejune (dull), lifeless (dull), operose, painful, pedestrian, prolix …   Law dictionary

tiresome — (adj.) tedious, c.1500, from TIRE (Cf. tire) (v.) + SOME (Cf. some). Related: Tiresomely; tiresomeness …   Etymology dictionary

tiresome — *irksome, wearisome, tedious, boring Analogous words: oppressive, burdensome, *onerous, exacting: fatiguing, exhausting, jading, fagging (see TIRE vb): arduous, *hard, difficult …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

tiresome — [adj] irritating, exasperating a bit much*, annoying, arduous, boresome, boring, burdensome, demanding, difficult, drag, dragging, drudging, dull, enervative, exacting, exhausting, fatiguing, flat, hard, heavy, hefty, ho hum*, humdrum, irksome,… …   New thesaurus

tiresome — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing one to feel bored or impatient. DERIVATIVES tiresomely adverb tiresomeness noun …   English terms dictionary

tiresome — [tīr′səm] adj. [see SOME1] 1. tiring; boring; tedious 2. annoying; irksome tiresomely adv. tiresomeness n …   English World dictionary

tiresome — adj. tiresome to + inf. (it s tiresome to do the same thing every day = it s tiresome doing the same thing every day) * * * [ taɪəsəm] tiresome to + inf. (it s tiresome to do the same thing every day = it s tiresome doing the same thing every… …   Combinatory dictionary

tiresome — [[t]ta͟ɪ͟ə(r)səm[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone or something as tiresome, you mean that you find them irritating or boring. ...the tiresome old lady next door... It would be too tiresome to wait in the queue …   English dictionary

tiresome — tire|some [ˈtaıəsəm US ˈtaır ] adj making you feel annoyed or impatient ▪ the whole tiresome business of filling out the forms ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ HINT sense 1 Do not confuse tiresome with tiring . Use tiring to say that something makes you feel tired: It… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

tiresome — tire|some [ taırsəm ] adjective making you feel annoyed or bored: Checking all the address labels was a tiresome task. a tiresome old man ╾ tire|some|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English