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Found 3 items, similar to irksome.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: irksome
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: irksome
irksome
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” [syn:
boring,
deadening,
dull,
ho-hum,
slow,
tedious,
tiresome,
wearisome]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Irksome
Irksome
\Irk"some\, a.
1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason
of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours;
irksome tasks.
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For not to irksome toil, but to delight,
He made us. --Milton.
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2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
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Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God
layeth his cross upon us. --Latimer.
Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome.
Usage:
Irksome,
Wearisome,
Tedious. These epithets
describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is
applied to something which disgusts by its nature or
quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that
which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as,
wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something
which tires us out by the length of time occupied in
its performance; as, a tedious speech.
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Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
3.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays,
But with the tedious sight of woes decays.
--Dryden.
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Irk"some*ly, adv. --
Irk"some*ness, n.
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