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irksome

adjective as in annoying

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“He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.”

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But what makes that introduction to the world of “Holland” particularly irksome is not just that it’s mistrusting of its audience, but that it’s also mistrusting of the film itself.

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Swallowing up the sand, blocking ocean views and turning the shore into an irksome maze, is a sea of large beach tents, called cabanas in Australia.

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For some people, it's strangers' habits that are most irksome, while for others, it's loved ones.

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The fact drivers were needed to reach the green on the long par-three 17th was irksome to the Irishman.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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