tiresome

English

Etymology

From tire +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɚsəm/
• (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.

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 131:

     “How quickly have I fallen!” thought Tarzan; but in his heart he did not consider it a fall—rather, he pitied the poor creatures of Paris, penned up like prisoners in their silly clothes, and watched by policemen all their poor lives, that they might do nothing that was not entirely artificial and 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 — see also wearisome

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: yorucu
• Belarusian: абры́длівы (abrýdlivy)
• Bulgarian: уморителен (bg) (umoritelen)
• Catalan: empipador (ca)
• Czech: únavný (cs), nudný (cs), fádní, otravný (cs), obtížný (cs), protivný (cs)
• Finnish: rasittava (fi), väsyttävä (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)
• Māori: 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), cansón (es)
• Swedish: tröttsam (sv)
• Thai: น่าเบื่อ (nâa-bʉ̀ʉa), น่าเบื่อหน่าย, น่าเหนื่อยหน่าย
• Turkish: yorucu (tr)
• Zazaki: edıznaye

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