Synonyms for irksome
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
tiresome, tedious, wearisome, annoying, irritating, troublesome, dull, bothersome, burdensome, painful, boring, pesky informal, uninteresting, vexatious, trying, slow, cruddy, drippy, wearing, vexing, galling, laborious
Definitions
- adj. 1
Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.
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Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- annoying When one is sick, visitors can be rather annoying.
- tedious The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.
- tiresome I never, ever want to do that tiresome work again.
- wearisome The work required to investigate that is boring and wearisome.
By length
- 4 letters
- slow1, dull1
- 5 letters
- pesky2
- 6 letters
- trying2, boring2, vexing2, drippy, cruddy2
- 7 letters
- wearing2, painful2, tedious3, galling2
- 8 letters
- annoying3, tiresome3
- 9 letters
- laborious4, vexatious3, wearisome3
- 10 letters
- irritating4, burdensome3, bothersome3
- 11 letters
- troublesome3
- 13 letters
- uninteresting4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pesky2 = 2 syllables).