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Irksome definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IRK'SOME, a. Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; giving uneasiness; used of something troublesome by long continuance or repetition; as irksome hours; irksome toil or task.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century tending to irk ; tedious <an irksome task> • irksomely adverb • irksomeness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. tedious, annoying, tiresome. Derivatives: irksomely adv. irksomeness n. Etymology: ME, = tired etc., f. IRK + -SOME(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Irksome Irk"some, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. --Milton. 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. --Latimer. Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. Usage: Irksome, Wearisome, Tedious. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii. 3. Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden. -- Irk"some*ly, adv. -- Irk"some*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is irksome, it irritates or annoys you. (FORMAL) ...the irksome regulations. = tiresome ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Wearisome (in consequence of being distasteful), tiresome, wearying, weary, devoid of interest. See tedious.

Moby Thesaurus

aggravating, annoying, backbreaking, besetting, boresome, boring, bothering, bothersome, burdensome, chafing, crushing, disturbing, drudging, dull, exasperating, exhausting, fagging, fatiguing, galling, grueling, harassing, heavy, hefty, importunate, importune, irking, irritating, nettling, onerous, oppressive, painful, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, stupefyingly boring, stupid, stuporific, teasing, tedious, tiresome, tiring, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, trying, uninteresting, vexatious, vexing, weariful, wearing, wearisome, wearying, worrisome, worrying, yawny