tiresome
Causing fatigue or boredomCausing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Your friend is tiresome.
Dein Freund ist lästig. — ThomasFAustria
Твій друг надокучливий. — deniko
zahurdias · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesCausing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
ermüdend, mühsam
утоми́тельныйutomítelʹnyj, ску́чныйskúčnyj
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Examples
18 sentencesYour friend is tiresome.
Твій друг надокучливий. — deniko
deDein Freund ist lästig. — ThomasFAustria
This is getting tiresome.
ruЭто становится скучным. — Wezzel
deDies fängt an zu ermüden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You're getting very tiresome.
I'm beginning to find you tiresome.
ruТы начинаешь меня утомлять. — Ooneykcall
deIch beginne, Sie ermüdend zu finden. — al_ex_an_der
As expected, this was quite tiresome.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From tire + -some.From tire + -some.
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Forms
more tiresome, most tiresome| Comparative | more tiresome Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most tiresome Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
16 synonymsAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.