tiresome

English

Etymology

tire +‎ -some

Adjective

tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)

1. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

   Eventually his long stories became 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

• Belarusian: абры́длівы m (abrýdlivy)
• Catalan: empipador (ca)
• Finnish: rasittava (fi), pitkästyttävä (fi)
• French: ennuyeux (fr) m, ennuyeuse (fr) f, barbant (fr) m
• German: ermüdend (de)
• Hungarian: unalmas (hu), idegesítő (hu), fárasztó (hu)
• Irish: liosta
• Italian: fastidioso (it) m, fastidiosa (it) f, noioso (it) m, noiosa (it) f
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• Latin: molestus
• Malay: membosankan
• Maori: tōwenewene
• Polish: nudny (pl)
• Portuguese: cansativo (pt)
• Romanian: obositor (ro)
• Russian: утоми́тельный (ru) (utomítelʹnyj), ску́чный (ru) (skúčnyj)
• Spanish: fatigoso (es), cansador (es), agotador (es)

Anagrams

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