tiresome
Syllables: tire·some/ˈtaɪəsəm/US/ˈtaɪɚsəm/
tiresome adjective: causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Adjective
tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)
- Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
- Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
- "My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting, drippy, drudgerous, longsome
- Antonyms:
- energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting
tiresome meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada and Malay
tiresome in Urdu
- اجیرن, گراں
tiresome in Malayalam
- ആയാസകരമായ, തളർച്ചയുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന
tiresome in Kannada
- ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿಗೊಳಿಸುವ, ಬೇಸರ ಹಿಡಿಸುವ, ಆಯಾಸಕರವಾದ, ಸುಸ್ತಾಗಿಸುವ, ಬಳಲಿಸುವ, ಚಿಟ್ಟುಹಿಡಿಸುವ
tiresome in Malay
- causing fatigue or boredom
- membosankan
More languagesFewer languages
- tiresome in Thai
- น่าเบื่อ nâa-bʉ̀ʉa, น่าเบื่อหน่าย, น่าเหนื่อยหน่าย
Examples of tiresome in a sentence
- The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
- Tiresome, noisy and unruly they could most certainly be but delightful in their “deediness” and enthusiasm.
- It is seven years, thought Sandy, since I betrayed this tiresome woman.
Synonyms of tiresome
3 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
Forms of tiresome
| comparative | more tiresome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tiresome |
Origin of tiresome
From tire + -some.
Words formed from tiresome
Questions about tiresome
- What does tiresome mean?
- Tiresome means causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
- What is tiresome in Urdu?
- Tiresome in Urdu is اجیرن, گراں. See Tiresome meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is tiresome?
- Tiresome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tiresome?
- Tiresome is pronounced /ˈtaɪɚsəm/ (US).
Words near tiresome in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tiresome (page history and authors); tiresome (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tiresome (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tiresome (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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