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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 repetitionFrom 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 repetitionFrom 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 repetitionFrom 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 repetitionFrom Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
irksome Englanti a. ärsyttävä, harmillinenFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/ شاقFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
irksome //ˈɚksəm//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]досаден, неприятен disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious
irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]protivný
irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]mrzutý
irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/ lästig, störend, nervend, nervigFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][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
irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/ [formal] lästig, leidig, mühsam, mühselig, aufreibendFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ][pej.] Synonyms: bothersome, tiresome: nettlesome, pesky see: bothersome noise
irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/ δυσάρεστοςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
irksome //ˈɚksəm//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]hankala disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious
irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. परेशान~करने~वाला "His irksome behaviour concerns everyone."
irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/ dosadan, zamoranFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
irksome /ˈɜːksʌm/ 1. bosszantó 2. kellemetlen 3. hálátlan 4. fárasztó 5. terhesFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
irksome /ˈɜ:ksəm/From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]dokuczliwy, uciążliwy
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 ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɝksəm/
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, yawnyFrom 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