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Definición y significado de irksome
Definición
irksome (adj.)
1.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 attenti..."
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Merriam Webster
IrksomeIrk"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. -- 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.
Sinónimos
irksome (adj.)
aggravating, annoying, boring, bothersome, dead-and-alive, deadening, disagreeable, disturbing, drab, dreary, dull, exasperating, heartbreaking, ho-hum, irritating, jejune, maddening, onerous, slow, soul-destroying, stultifying, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, vexing, wearisome, draggy (colloquial)
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Ver también
irksome (adj.)
↘ annoyingly, boringly, drably, drearily, dully, horridly, jejunely, maddeningly, monotonously, tediously, tediousness, tedium, tiresomely, tiresomeness, unpleasantly ↗ bludgeon, dull, pall
Diccionario analógico
irksome (adj.)
qui rend bête (fr)[Classe]
qui provoque le sommeil (fr)[Classe]
qui engendre l'ennui (fr)[Classe]
(weariness; boredom; ennui; tedium)[termes liés]
dull[Qui~]
bludgeon - dull, pall[Qui~]
uninteresting[Similaire]
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