tiresome

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain

From tire + -some.

Begone, thou foolish and tiresome girl! — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien
"It's tiresome work--good for my character." — Just Patty, Jean Webster
What do I care about tiresome Society? — A Doll's House : a play, Henrik Ibsen

boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome

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