Meaning of WEARISOME
| Pronunciation: | | 'weereesum
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wea"ri*some\, a.
Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a
wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.
These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out
our miles, and makes them wearisome. --Shak.
Syn: Irksome; tiresome; tedious; fatiguing; annoying;
vexatious. See {Irksome}. -- {Wea"ri*some*ly}, adv. --
{Wea"ri*some*ness}, n.
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