irksome
Syllables: irk·some/ˈɜɹksəm/
irksome adjective: marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition.
Adjective
irksome (comparative more irksome, superlative most irksome)
- Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
- He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.
- The young Spaniard had been in many situations of greater difficulty, but in none more irksome.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 235
- Synonyms:
- bothersome, annoying, irritating, wearisome, tedious, drippy, drudgerous, longsome, monotonous, torporific
irksome meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
irksome in Tamil
- எரிச்சலூட்டுகிற, தொந்தரையூட்டுகின்ற, வெறுப்புத்தருகின்ற, சோர்வளிக்கின்ற
irksome in Urdu
- اجیرن, گراں, شاق
irksome in Bengali
- বিরক্তিকর, ক্লান্তিকর
irksome in Malayalam
- അസ്വസ്ഥജനകമായ, ശുണ്ഠിപിടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, മടുപ്പുളവാക്കുന്ന
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- irksome in Kannada
- ಬೇಸರ ತರುವ, ಜುಗುಪ್ಸೆಗೊಳಿಸುವ, ತಲೆಚಿಟ್ಟು ಹಿಡಿಸುವ, ಬೇಸರಿಸುವ
- irksome in Thai
- น่ารำคาญ nâa-ram-kaan, น่าเบื่อ nâa-bʉ̀ʉa
Synonyms of irksome
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Antonyms
Forms of irksome
| comparative | more irksome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most irksome |
Origin of irksome
From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk + -some, or perhaps continuing (in altered form) from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”).
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Words that rhyme with irksome
Questions about irksome
- What does irksome mean?
- Irksome means marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition.
- What is irksome in Tamil?
- Irksome in Tamil is எரிச்சலூட்டுகிற, தொந்தரையூட்டுகின்ற, வெறுப்புத்தருகின்ற. See Irksome meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is irksome?
- Irksome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce irksome?
- Irksome is pronounced /ˈɜɹksəm/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: irksome (page history and authors); irksome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irksome (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irksome (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irksome (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irksome (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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