tiresome person
Example Sentences
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And only a very tiresome person resents their parents for having participated in a widespread community myth that is usually quite benign.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2018
“What a tiresome person Lady Crowan is. Do you really believe all the people round here are talking and dreaming of nothing but a fancy dress ball at Manderley?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
A tiresome person or unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners, or by a repetition of visits.—Bartlett.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
ADELAIDE: Probably a tiresome person too incompetent to make a perfect tower.
From Plays by Glaspell, Susan
