tiresome

English

Etymology

tire +‎ -some

Adjective

tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)

Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

Synonyms

(causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting
See also Thesaurus:wearisome

Antonyms

(causing fatigue or boredom): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting

Derived terms

tiresomeness

Translations

causing fatigue or boredom

Belarusian: абры́длівы m (abrýdlivy)
Catalan: empipador
Finnish: rasittava (fi), pitkästyttävä (fi)
French: ennuyeux (fr) m, ennuyeuse (fr) f, barbant (fr) m
German: ermüdend (de)
Hungarian: unalmas (hu), idegesítő (hu), fárasztó (hu)
Irish: liosta
Italian: fastidioso (it) m, fastidiosa (it) f, noioso (it) m, noiosa (it) f

Malay: membosankan
Maori: tōwenewene
Polish: nudny (pl)
Portuguese: cansativo (pt)
Romanian: obositor (ro)
Russian: утоми́тельный (ru) (utomítelʹnyj), ску́чный (ru) (skúčnyj)
Spanish: fatigoso (es), cansador (es), agotador (es)

Anagrams

Timorese, mroseite, romeites

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