[
UK
/wˈeəɹisˌʌm/
]
[ US /ˈwɪɹisəm/ ]
[ US /ˈwɪɹisəm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a dull play
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
his competent but dull performance
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
a boring evening with uninteresting people
How To Use wearisome In A Sentence
- Their little world became wearisome and difficult as alliances broke and were reformed.
- It took at least five minutes before the wearisome, pedantical fellow had finished his arrangements and preparations. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844
- He represents nobility, order, German doctrinarianism and pathetic and wearisome declamation. Komediantka. English
- I was beginning to find her endless chatter very wearisome.
- How can the government expect these girls to change when they are taught to live a tedious and wearisome life?
- The producers also found it necessary to insert that wearisome kidvid standby, the cute animal mascot (this time, it's a salamander-like rock-eating dog named Obby), to amuse the toddlers.
- We need them to safeguard us against drabness and drudgery, against a mechanistic and wearisome utilitarianism.
- He manages to do or say something really annoying and despicable so often that it's wearisome.
- Land grants were obtainable from the Spanish Government by proving priority of claim, but the concession was only given after wearisome delay, and sometimes it took years to obtain the title-deeds. The Philippine Islands
- But their increasingly wearisome antics are not going to win many new friends.
