tiresome

English

Etymology

From tire +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɚsəm/
• (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.

   Synonyms: boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting; see also Thesaurus:wearisome

   Antonyms: energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting

   Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

     "My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."

   • 1901 [1878], chapter 6, in Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina‎^[1], translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 8:

     »"But give me him quickly. Oh, nurse, how tiresome you are! There, tie the cap afterwards, do!"

   • 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg, published March 1915, →OCLC, page 131:

     “How quickly have I fallen!” thought Tarzan; but in his heart he did not consider it a fall—rather, he pitied the poor creatures of Paris, penned up like prisoners in their silly clothes, and watched by policemen all their poor lives, that they might do nothing that was not entirely artificial and tiresome.

Derived terms

• tiresomely
• tiresomeness
• untiresome

Translations

causing fatigue or boredom — see also wearisome

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: yorucu
• Belarusian: абры́длівы (abrýdlivy)
• Bulgarian: уморителен (bg) (umoritelen), изморителен (bg) (izmoritelen), изтощителен (bg) (iztoštitelen), изнурителен (bg) (iznuritelen)
• Catalan: empipador (ca)
• Czech: únavný (cs), nudný (cs), fádní, otravný (cs), obtížný (cs), protivný (cs)
• Finnish: rasittava (fi), väsyttävä (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 (ms)
• Māori: tōwenewene
• Mauritian Creole: fatigan
• Polish: nudny (pl)
• Portuguese: cansativo (pt), entediante (pt), enfadonho (pt)
• Romanian: obositor (ro)
• Russian: утоми́тельный (ru) (utomítelʹnyj), ску́чный (ru) (skúčnyj)
• Spanish: fatigoso (es), cansador (es), agotador (es), cansón (es)
• Swedish: tröttsam (sv)
• Thai: น่าเบื่อ (nâa-bʉ̀ʉa), น่าเบื่อหน่าย, น่าเหนื่อยหน่าย
• Turkish: yorucu (tr)
• Zazaki: edıznaye

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