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Synonyms for wearisome


Grammar : Adj
Spell : weer-ee-suhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪər i səm

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Définition of wearisome

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "weary," also "causing weariness," from weary + -some (1).
  • adj burdensome
  • adj tedious
  • adj exhausting
Example sentences :
  • Other incidents of our long and wearisome journey need not be related.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • This is the most wearisome day that ever did dawn upon the world, I am certain.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Apart from these the road is wearisome and abounding with dangers.
  • Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch
  • So off she went for five more days of wearisome bullock-cart and train.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • I shall tell you what will be displeasing and wearisome,5 yet true.
  • Extract from : « Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates » by Plato
  • Glory found them wearisome, depressing, and often humiliating.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • It would take too long and the description would be wearisome.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The journey was long and wearisome, but Paul and Greta scarcely felt it.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • “Life is wearisome enough, but a biography––” He shrugged his shoulders.
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • He repeated this defence, this excuse, this confession of faith, with wearisome iteration.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

Antonyms for wearisome

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