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tiredsome

tiredsome adjective: characterised or marked by tiredness. Also the misspelling of tiresome.

Adjective

tiredsome (comparative more tiredsome, superlative most tiredsome)

  1. (nonstandard) Characterised or marked by tiredness.
    • “I enjoy playin' dis Chinese,” Halmea said. She was afraid of snakes, walking so close to me that she stepped on my heels about every yard or so. “I gets tiredsome workin' all de time.”2017, Larry McMurtry, Thalia

Also used as

tiredsome is also the misspelling of tiresome.

Forms of tiredsome

comparativemore tiredsome
superlativemost tiredsome

Origin of tiredsome

From tired + -some.

Questions about tiredsome

What does tiredsome mean?
Tiredsome means characterised or marked by tiredness.
What part of speech is tiredsome?
Tiredsome is an adjective.

Words near tiredsome in the dictionary

  1. tiredest
  2. tiredish
  3. tiredly
  4. tiredness
  5. tirednesses
  6. tiredsome
  7. Tiree
  8. tireless
  9. tirelessly
  10. tirelessness
  11. tirelike

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