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Definitions for wearisome
ˈwɪər i səmweari·some
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Princeton's WordNet
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisomeadjective
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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wearisomeadjective
Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wearisomeadjective
Troublesome; tedious; causing weariness.
Etymology: from weary.
The soul preferreth rest in ignorance before wearisome labour to know. Richard Hooker.
These high wild hills, and rough uneven ways
Draw out our miles, and make them wearisome. William Shakespeare.Troops came to the army the day before, harassed with a long and wearisome march. Francis Bacon.
Costly I reckon not them alone which charge the purse, but which are wearisome and importune in suits. Francis Bacon.
Shrinking up, or stretching out are wearisome positions, and such as perturb the quiet of those parts. Brown.
This must be our task
In heav’n, this our delight; how wearisome
Eternity so spent, in worship paid
To whom we hate. John Milton, Paradise Lost.Satiety from all things else doth come,
Then life must to itself grow wearisome. John Denham.
Webster Dictionary
Wearisomeadjective
causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wearisome in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wearisome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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