2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irksome \Irk"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.
Usage: {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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
irksome
adj : 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 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" [syn: {boring}, {deadening}, {dull},
{ho-hum}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}]
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