Definition of TIRESOME

tiresome

Adjective Satellite

  • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain
    • "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"

Adj

  • Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

Adjective

  • Causing weariness or boredom; tedious.

Examples

  • Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
  • Waiting for his opponent to play a word was often TIRESOME, testing his patience.

Origin / Etymology

From tire + -some.

Scrabble Score: 10

tiresome: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tiresome: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tiresome: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

tiresome: valid Words With Friends Word