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wearisome

[weer-ee-suhm]

adjective

causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.

tiresome or tedious: a wearisome person; a wearisome book.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English werysom. See weary, -some¹

Related forms

wea·ri·some·ly, adverb

wea·ri·some·ness, noun

un·wea·ri·some, adjective

Synonyms
1. tiring. 2. boring, monotonous, humdrum, dull, prosy, prosaic.

Antonyms
2. interesting.

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Wearisome is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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wearisome or weariful (ˈwɪərɪsəm)

—*adj*
	causing fatigue or annoyance; tedious

weariful or weariful

—*adj*

'wearisomely or weariful

—*adv*

'wearifully or weariful

—*adv*

'wearisomeness or weariful

—n

'wearifulness or weariful

—n

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