Meaning

1 senses
  1. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

    Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

    ermüdend, mühsam

    утоми́тельныйutomítelʹnyj, ску́чныйskúčnyj

More definitions
  • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Your friend is tiresome.

    Твій друг надокучливий.

    deDein Freund ist lästig.

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  2. This is getting tiresome.

    ruЭто становится скучным.

    deDies fängt an zu ermüden.

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  3. You're getting very tiresome.

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  4. I'm beginning to find you tiresome.

    ruТы начинаешь меня утомлять.

    deIch beginne, Sie ermüdend zu finden.

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  5. As expected, this was quite tiresome.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
causing fatigue or boredom:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
causing fatigue or boredom:

Origin

From tire + -some.

From tire + -some.

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Forms

more tiresome, most tiresome
Comparativemore tiresome Lesson
Superlativemost tiresome Lesson

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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