irksome

irksome /'ə:ksəm/
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Xem thêm: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome



irksome

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

    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 attention

    what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train

    the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: annoying bothersome irritating tedious tiresome troublesome trying wearisome