tiresome

[tahyuhr-suhm] / ˈtaɪər səm /

ADJECTIVE

irritating, exasperating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annoying boring dull exhausting ho-hum laborious monotonous onerous tedious tired tiring uninteresting

WEAK

a bit much arduous boresome burdensome demanding difficult drag dragging drudging enervative exacting fatiguing flat hard heavy hefty humdrum irksome jading nowhere oppressive strenuous too much tough trying uncool unrelieved vexatious wearing wearisome wearying yawn

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active easy eventful exciting interesting light lively trivial

WEAK

facile fun nice stimulating

Example Sentences

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That impulse can be tiresome, and in “Zootopia 2” it is.

From The Wall Street Journal

Once you’ve done this with a number of different companies, it can become quite tiresome.

From Encyclopedia.com

Dylan Hernandez’s smug, snarky commentary regarding the Dodgers’ playoff prospects given their current starting pitching made for tiresome reading to say the least.

From Los Angeles Times

There was a culture of famous-for-being-famous that got really tiresome to me.

From Los Angeles Times

On sampling, Katie says: "I don't know if it's tiresome yet. I think people just love to hear that stuff."

From BBC

tiresome

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