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.'