Definitions for tiresomeˈtaɪər səm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tire•someˈtaɪər səm(adj.)
wearisome.
annoying or vexatious.
Origin of tiresome:
1490–1500
tire′some•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
tiresome(Adjective)
Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
Webster Dictionary
Tiresome(adj)
fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse
Translations for tiresome
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
tiresome(adjective)
troublesome; annoying.
- irriterendAfrikaans

- مُتْعِب ، مُضْجِرArabic

- уморителенBulgarian

- aborrecidoPortuguese (BR)

- obtížnýCzech

- ermüdendGerman

- belastende; irriterendeDanish

- κουραστικός, βαρετός, ενοχλητικόςGreek

- molesto; pesadoSpanish

- kurnav, tüütuEstonian

- خسته کنندهFarsi

- rasittavaFinnish

- ennuyeuxFrench

- מְייַגֵעHebrew

- थकाने वालाHindi

- zamoran, dosadanCroatian

- fárasztó, unalmasHungarian

- menggangguIndonesian

- þreytandi, leiðinlegurIcelandic

- noioso, fastidiosoItalian

- 面倒なJapanese

- 지겨운, 성가신Korean

- įkyrus, varginantisLithuanian

- nogurdinošs; apnicīgsLatvian

- membosankanMalay

- vervelendDutch

- plagsom, irriterendeNorwegian

- nieznośnyPolish

- aborrecidoPortuguese

- obositor; plictisitorRomanian

- надоедливыйRussian

- únavný; otravnýSlovak

- utrudljiv, nadleženSlovenian

- naporanSerbian

- tröttsamSwedish

- น่าเบื่อหน่ายThai

- bıktırıcı; yorucuTurkish

- 令人厭倦的Chinese (Trad.)

- надокучливий, набридливийUkrainian

- تھکا دينے والا، پريشان کنUrdu

- phiền phứcVietnamese

- 令人厌倦的Chinese (Simp.)

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