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tiresome person

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“What a tiresome person Lady Crowan is. Do you really believe all the people round here are talking and dreaming of nothing but a fancy dress ball at Manderley?”

And only a very tiresome person resents their parents for having participated in a widespread community myth that is usually quite benign.

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A tiresome person might point out that, as Holmes was not a real person, at least some of his expertise might arise from his creator knowing the answers to the puzzles Holmes alone can solve.

A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.

The faddist is a very tiresome person anywhere; above all things he should be kept away from armies and navies, where he may do much mischief.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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