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tiresome - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tiresome' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tiresome [ a.]
- Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.

Meaning of 'tiresome' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tiresome [ s]
Meaning (1):
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Example in sentence:
  • a boring evening with uninteresting people;
  • a dull play;
  • a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention;
  • his competent but dull performance;
  • other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome;
  • tedious days on the train;
  • the deadening effect of some routine tasks;
  • the tiresome chirping of a cricket;
  • what an irksome task the writing of long letters is