Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tiresome
IPA transcription: [t'aɪɚsəm]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • That would be tiresome.
  • Tiresome to go into long explanations.
  • It had been a tiresome day for the child.
  • "It is tiresome to get up early," responded Caroline.
  • "Chewing isn't tiresome; it's fun," maintained the Woozy.
  • It was a long and tiresome journey, made mostly on horseback.
  • This seems to us laborious and rather tiresome, both for father and child.
  • "That would be very tiresome." She spoke, as she flattered herself, with much subtlety.
  • "Well," continued Burne, "you may strike a few poems that are tiresome, but I mean the mass of his work.
  • 'That is very tiresome!' said the Princess. 'But you must put yourselves in front of me, so that no one can see.'