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Antonyms for tiresome


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tahyuhr-suhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪər səm



Definition of tiresome

Origin :
  • "tedious," c.1500, from tire (v.) + -some (1). Related: Tiresomely; tiresomeness.
  • adj irritating, exasperating
Example sentences :
  • What a tiresome time we shall have to-morrow, when the Frenchmen are gone!
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • And now, after what I fear has been a tiresome enough prologue, my story awaits.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Nothing is so tiresome to a man of any taste or abilities as what every body knows.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Roland Barnette's always walked home with me, but I think he's just tiresome.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Her Sunday-school class had never been so tiresome nor so soaked in hair-oil.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • The one announces no tedious waits; the other no tiresome measures.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 13, June 25, 1870 » by Various
  • All this may be vastly right—it is a pity it is so tiresome.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I am detained in town by provoking, tiresome, but necessary business.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But Arthur had really been very inconsiderate and tiresome so far.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • I know the whole proceeding by heart already—that is what is so tiresome!
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

Synonyms for tiresome

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