...the tiresome old lady next door...
It would be too tiresome to wait in the queue.
English dictionary. 2008.
Tiresome — Tire some, a. Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse. {Tire some*ly}, adv. {Tire some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tiresome — index irksome, jejune (dull), lifeless (dull), operose, painful, pedestrian, prolix … Law dictionary
tiresome — (adj.) tedious, c.1500, from TIRE (Cf. tire) (v.) + SOME (Cf. some). Related: Tiresomely; tiresomeness … Etymology dictionary
tiresome — *irksome, wearisome, tedious, boring Analogous words: oppressive, burdensome, *onerous, exacting: fatiguing, exhausting, jading, fagging (see TIRE vb): arduous, *hard, difficult … New Dictionary of Synonyms
tiresome — [adj] irritating, exasperating a bit much*, annoying, arduous, boresome, boring, burdensome, demanding, difficult, drag, dragging, drudging, dull, enervative, exacting, exhausting, fatiguing, flat, hard, heavy, hefty, ho hum*, humdrum, irksome,… … New thesaurus
tiresome — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing one to feel bored or impatient. DERIVATIVES tiresomely adverb tiresomeness noun … English terms dictionary
tiresome — [tīr′səm] adj. [see SOME1] 1. tiring; boring; tedious 2. annoying; irksome tiresomely adv. tiresomeness n … English World dictionary
tiresome — adj. tiresome to + inf. (it s tiresome to do the same thing every day = it s tiresome doing the same thing every day) * * * [ taɪəsəm] tiresome to + inf. (it s tiresome to do the same thing every day = it s tiresome doing the same thing every… … Combinatory dictionary
tiresome — tire|some [ˈtaıəsəm US ˈtaır ] adj making you feel annoyed or impatient ▪ the whole tiresome business of filling out the forms ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ HINT sense 1 Do not confuse tiresome with tiring . Use tiring to say that something makes you feel tired: It… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tiresome — tire|some [ taırsəm ] adjective making you feel annoyed or bored: Checking all the address labels was a tiresome task. a tiresome old man ╾ tire|some|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
