wearisome

B2
US /ˈwɪəɹisəm/
adj Freq #79064

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.

    Gardening can be wearisome work.

  2. 2
    adj

    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Etymology

From Middle English werisom, equivalent to weary + -some.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · tiresome, tedious or... drainingdrippydrudgerousexhaustingexhaustivefatiguinggruelingirksomelongsomemonotonoustedioustiresome
2 adj · so lacking in interest as... slow
Opposites
energizingengagingexcitingfreshinteresting

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