About The Word Irksome
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Irksome
Irksome Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Irksome?
[adj] so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Irksome: boring | deadening | dull | ho-hum | slow | tedious | tiresome | uninteresting | wearisome Related Terms | Find terms related to Irksome: aggravating | annoying | backbreaking | besetting | boresome | boring | bothering | bothersome | burdensome | chafing | crushing | disturbing | drudging | dull | exasperating | exhausting | fagging | fatiguing | galling | grueling | harassing | heavy | hefty | importunate | importune | irking | irritating | nettling | onerous | oppressive | painful | pesky | pestering | pestiferous | pestilent | pestilential | plaguesome | plaguey | plaguing | provoking | stupefyingly boring | stupid | stuporific | teasing | tedious | tiresome | tiring | tormenting | troublesome | troubling | trying | uninteresting | vexatious | vexing | weariful | wearing | wearisome | wearying | worrisome | worrying | yawny See Also | Irksome In Webster's Dictionary \Irk"some\, a.
1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason
of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours;
irksome tasks.
For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us.
--Milton.
2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God
layeth his cross upon us. --Latimer.
Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome.
Usage: {Irksome}, {Wearisome}, {Tedious}. These epithets
describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is
applied to something which disgusts by its nature or
quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that
which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as,
wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something
which tires us out by the length of time occupied in
its performance; as, a tedious speech.
Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
3.
Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the
tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden.
-- {Irk"some*ly}, adv. -- {Irk"some*ness}, n.
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