tiresome

B2
US /ˈtaɪɚsəm/ UK /ˈtaɪəsəm/
adj Freq #16847

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

    Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

  2. 2
    adj

    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Etymology

From tire + -some.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · causing fatigue or boredom;... boringdullexhaustingirksomeslowtediouswearisome
2 adj · so lacking in interest as... slow
Opposites

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