wearisome

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈwɪəɹisəm/ See IPA manual

Freq #79064

Meanings

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adj
Making you feel tired or bored; tedious.

The long, repetitive meeting was wearisome.

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Synonyms

1 adj · making you feel tired or... draining exhausting fatiguing irksome monotonous tedious tiresome

Opposites

energizingengaging exciting fresh interesting

Word family

Forms wearisomeness

Etymology

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

werisom Middle English

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Describing Qualities

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