tiresome

English

Etymology

tire +‎ -some

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɹsəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪəsəm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: tire‧some

Adjective

tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)

1. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

   Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

Synonyms

• (causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting
• See also Thesaurus:wearisome

Antonyms

• (causing fatigue or boredom): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting

Derived terms

• tiresomeness

Translations

causing fatigue or boredom

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: yorucu
• Belarusian: абры́длівы (abrýdlivy)
• Bulgarian: уморителен (bg) (umoritelen)
• Catalan: empipador (ca)
• Finnish: rasittava (fi), pitkästyttävä (fi)
• French: ennuyeux (fr), barbant (fr)
• Georgian: მომაბეზრებელი (momabezrebeli)
• German: ermüdend (de), mühsam (de)
• Hungarian: unalmas (hu), idegesítő (hu), fárasztó (hu)
• Irish: liosta
• Italian: fastidioso (it), noioso (it)
• Latin: molestus
• Malay: membosankan
• Maori: tōwenewene
• Polish: nudny (pl)
• Portuguese: cansativo (pt)
• Romanian: obositor (ro)
• Russian: утоми́тельный (ru) (utomítelʹnyj), ску́чный (ru) (skúčnyj)
• Spanish: fatigoso (es), cansador (es), agotador (es)
• Turkish: yorucu (tr)
• Zazaki: edıznaye

Anagrams

• Timorese, mroseite, romeites