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wearisome

adjective as in burdensome

adjective as in tedious

adjective as in exhausting

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Lips chapped and tempers frayed, and the ceaseless ringing and jingling of the troika bells grew so wearisome, it was like something out of Poe.

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A moral universe without purgatory would be a thin, desiccated place: metaphysical reality flattened to nothing more than God and the individual soul that must, down the wearisome road, face some grim and final judgment.

But when that goes on for days, and you haven't the memories of a night out with friends to offset it, it quickly become wearisome.

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Hopefully, they will be seen as wearisome, and that it is time to move on — the Trump circus has come and is on its way out.

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It’s been wearisome hearing Riley constantly refer to USC’s past as if he adopted a Pop Warner team and now wants credit for teaching the kids to block and tackle.

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

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