Thesaurus:wearisome

Thesaurus

wearisome

English

Adjective

Sense: tiresome; causing fatigue; mentally unstimulating

Synonyms

• dull
• drudgerous
• irksome
• longsome (UK dialect)
• monotonous
• repetitious
• slow    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tedious
• tiresome
• wearisome

Antonyms

• energizing
• engaging
• exciting    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fresh
• interesting

Hypernyms

• boring    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fatiguing    [⇒ thesaurus]
• soporific    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:fatigue

Further reading

• “841. weariness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “wearisome” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.