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Synonyms for wearisome

  • adjective

Most common

tedious tiresome monotonous irksome

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Adjective

1. Tiresome — tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue

tiresome, tedious, irksome, monotonous, arduous, weary, dull, troublesome, fatiguing, tiring, laborious, exhausting, boring, slow, dreary, annoying, prolix, vexatious, humdrum, grueling, vapid, hard

Other

back-breaking

Antonyms

interesting, exciting, fresh

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.

    Gardening can be wearisome work.

Related words

Is a kind of
boring fatiguing soporific

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Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

  • tedious The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.
  • tiresome I never, ever want to do that tiresome work again.
  • monotonous Everyday life can get a bit monotonous at times.
  • irksome Being treated as a minor is irksome.

Popularity over time

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wearisomesteady
tedioussteady
tiresomesteady
monotonoussteady
irksomesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hard1, slow1, dull1
5 letters
weary2, vapid2
6 letters
boring2, tiring2, dreary2, prolix
7 letters
tedious3, arduous3, humdrum2, irksome2
8 letters
annoying3, tiresome3, grueling3
9 letters
laborious4, vexatious3, fatiguing3
10 letters
exhausting3, monotonous4
11 letters
troublesome3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (weary2 = 2 syllables).