tiresome

[tahyuhr-suhm] / ˈtaɪər səm /

ADJECTIVE

irritating, exasperating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annoying boring dull exhausting ho-hum laborious monotonous onerous tedious tired tiring uninteresting

WEAK

a bit much arduous boresome burdensome demanding difficult drag dragging drudging enervative exacting fatiguing flat hard heavy hefty humdrum irksome jading nowhere oppressive strenuous too much tough trying uncool unrelieved vexatious wearing wearisome wearying yawn

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active easy eventful exciting interesting light lively trivial

WEAK

facile fun nice stimulating

Example Sentences

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"It hasn't even been a week since we experienced a similar situation. It is getting tiresome," Oliva said as she returned home after giving up on plans to visit her daughter.

From Barron's

It was tiresome wearing the same dress every day that I worked, starching up the collar and dab-washing the armpits every night so it would be dry by the next morning.

From Literature

Maggie agreed, later describing a “tiresome life … tiresome because I have to meet with all kinds of people.”

From Literature

Which would get tiresome if she weren’t being blackmailed about William, the money and Neha’s perilous position with the police force.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another source of consternation is AMD’s ramp of its operating expenses, which “is starting to become a bit tiresome” considering the company’s “lackluster” execution, Rasgon said.

From MarketWatch

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