irksome
Adjective Satellite
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain
- "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"
Adj
- Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
Adjective
- Tending to annoy or weary; irritating.
Examples
- He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.
- The constant back-and-forth scoring made the game IRKSOME, despite the high point potential.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk + -some, or perhaps continuing (in altered form) from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”).
Synonyms
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, annoying, bothersome, drudgerous, irksome, irritating, longsome, monotonous, torporific, wearing
Scrabble Score: 13
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irksome: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary