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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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