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tiresome

American  
[tahyuhr-suhm] / ˈtaɪər səm /

adjective

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

    a tiresome job.
    Synonyms:
    humdrum , dull

  2. annoying or vexatious.

    Antonyms:
    interesting
tiresome British  
/ ˈtaɪəsəm /

adjective

  1. boring and irritating; irksome

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Other Word Forms

  • tiresomely adverb
  • tiresomeness noun

Etymology

Origin of tiresome

First recorded in 1490–1500; tire 1 + -some 1

Example Sentences

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That impulse can be tiresome, and in “Zootopia 2” it is.

From The Wall Street Journal

This autumn they could and should be three wins from three, but this is another tiresome refrain.

From BBC

And their sanctimonious approach to history becomes very tiresome very quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal

An increasingly tiresome "jam tomorrow" line only created the most incendiary environment that some Rangers observers can ever remember.

From BBC

The push factors, meanwhile, are long-standing bugbears - such as a poor regulatory environment, tiresome bureaucracy and a poor ease-of-business climate that has led to an exodus of wealthy, high-earning Indians over the years.

From BBC

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