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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Irksome \Irk"some\, a.
     1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason
        of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours;
        irksome tasks.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For not to irksome toil, but to delight,
              He made us.                           --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God
              layeth his cross upon us.             --Latimer.
  
     Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome.
  
     Usage: Irksome, Wearisome, Tedious. These epithets
            describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is
            applied to something which disgusts by its nature or
            quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that
            which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as,
            wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something
            which tires us out by the length of time occupied in
            its performance; as, a tedious speech.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
                                                    3.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Pity only on fresh objects stays,
                  But with the tedious sight of woes decays.
                                                    --Dryden.
            -- Irk"some*ly, adv. -- Irk"some*ness, n.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Irksome \Irk"some\, a.
     1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason
        of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours;
        irksome tasks.
  
              For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
  
              Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God
              layeth his cross upon us.             --Latimer.
  
     Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome.
  
     Usage: Irksome, Wearisome, Tedious. These epithets
            describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is
            applied to something which disgusts by its nature or
            quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that
            which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as,
            wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something
            which tires us out by the length of time occupied in
            its performance; as, a tedious speech.
  
                  Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
                                                    3.
  
                  Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the
                  tedious sight of woes decays.     --Dryden.
            -- Irk"some*ly, adv. -- Irk"some*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  irksome
       adj : so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
             boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the
             deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play";
             "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker
             who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome
             task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke;
             "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of
             a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are
             dreadfully wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening, dull,
              ho-hum, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  irksome
     a.
     Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by
  reason of long continuance or repetition

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  irksome
     a.
     Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by
  reason of long continuance or repetition

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  irksome
     a.
     Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by
  reason of long continuance or repetition

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  irksome
     a.
     Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by
  reason of long continuance or repetition

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  irksome
     Englanti a.
     ärsyttävä, harmillinen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/
  شاق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  irksome //ˈɚksəm// 
  досаден, неприятен
  disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/ 
  protivný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/ 
  mrzutý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/
  lästig, störend, nervend, nervig  [ugs.]
        "have the irksome habit of leaving lights on everywhere"  - die störende Angewohnheit haben, überall das Licht aufgedreht zu lassen
     Synonyms: annoying, irritating, vexatious, vexing, aggravating
  
   see: annoy, irritate
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/
   [formal] lästig, leidig, mühsam, mühselig, aufreibend  [pej.]
     Synonyms: bothersome, tiresome: nettlesome, pesky
  
   see: bothersome noise
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/
  
  δυσάρεστος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  irksome //ˈɚksəm// 
  hankala
  disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/ 
  1. परेशान~करने~वाला
        "His irksome behaviour concerns everyone."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/
  dosadan, zamoran

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/
  1. bosszantó
  2. kellemetlen
  3. hálátlan
  4. fárasztó
  5. terhes

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  irksome /ˈɜ:ksəm/ 
    dokuczliwy, uciążliwy

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/
  1. sıkıcı, bıktıncı, bizar edici, taciz edici, usandırıcı. irksomely  sıkıcı bir şekilde, bıktırarak, usandırarak. irksomeness  sıkıcı olma, bıktıncı olma, usandırıcı olma.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɝksəm/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "irksome":
     aggravating, annoying, backbreaking, besetting, boresome, boring,
     bothering, bothersome, burdensome, chafing, crushing, disturbing,
     drudging, dull, exasperating, exhausting, fagging, fatiguing,
     galling, grueling, harassing, heavy, hefty, importunate, importune,
     irking, irritating, nettling, onerous, oppressive, painful, pesky,
     pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome,
     plaguey, plaguing, provoking, stupefyingly boring, stupid,
     stuporific, teasing, tedious, tiresome, tiring, tormenting,
     troublesome, troubling, trying, uninteresting, vexatious, vexing,
     weariful, wearing, wearisome, wearying, worrisome, worrying,
     yawny
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 厌恶的,讨厌的,令人厌烦的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 厌恶的,讨厌的,令人厌烦的

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