tiresome

English

Etymology

tire +‎ -some

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɹsəm/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪəsəm/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: tire‧some

Adjective

tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)

Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

Synonyms

(causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting
See also Thesaurus:wearisome

Antonyms

(causing fatigue or boredom): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting

Derived terms

tiresomeness

Translations

causing fatigue or boredom

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: yorucu
Belarusian: абры́длівы (abrýdlivy)
Bulgarian: уморителен (bg) (umoritelen)
Catalan: empipador (ca)
Finnish: rasittava (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)
Maori: tōwenewene
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)
Turkish: yorucu (tr)
Zazaki: edıznaye

Anagrams

Timorese, mroseite, romeites

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