irksome English

Meaning irksome meaning

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irksome

— adjective (= boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, tedious, tiresome, wearisome) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness a boring evening with uninteresting people the deadening effect of some routine tasks a dull play his competent but dull performance a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention what an irksome task the writing of long letters is — Edmund Burke tedious days on the train the tiresome chirping of a cricket — Mark Twain other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

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wearisome

tiresome

boring

tedious

irritating

annoying

troublesome

ho-hum

dull

teasing

slow

pesky

deadening

bothersome

wretched

worrying

weary

vexing

vexed

vexatious

vain

unpleasant

uninteresting

suffering

stodgy

snoozy

provoking

prosy

prosaical

prosaic

plaguy

pesty

pestiferous

operose

obtrusive

nettlesome

monotonous

misery

irritative

insipid

humiliating

hardships

harassed

galling

fade

excitatory

exasperating

drab

disturbing

distasteful

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