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wea⋅ri⋅some

  [weer-ee-suhm]
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–adjective
1. causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
2. tiresome or tedious: a wearisome person; a wearisome book.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME werysom. See weary, -some 1

Related forms:
wea⋅ri⋅some⋅ly, adverb
wea⋅ri⋅some⋅ness, noun

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

Antonyms:
2. interesting.
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wea·ri·some   (wîr'ē-səm)   
adj.  Causing physical or mental fatigue; tedious or tiresome.
wea'ri·some·ly adv.
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Wearisome

Wea"ri*some\, a. Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.

These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out our miles, and makes them wearisome. --Shak.

Syn: Irksome; tiresome; tedious; fatiguing; annoying; vexatious. See Irksome. -- Wea"ri*some*ly, adv. -- Wea"ri*some*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : wearisome
Spanish: agotador, pesado,
German: ermüdend,
Japanese: うんざりする
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