tiresome

adjectiveattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈtaɪəsəm//
United States//ˈtaɪɚsəm//

Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

adjective

1
Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
"My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."
»"But give me him quickly. Oh, nurse, how tiresome you are! There, tie the cap afterwards, do!"
“How quickly have I fallen!” thought Tarzan; but in his heart he did not consider it a fall—rather, he pitied the poor creatures of Paris, penned up like prisoners in their silly clothes, and watched by policemen all their poor lives, that they might do nothing that was not entirely artificial and tiresome.

Etymology

From tire + -some.

Forms

comparative: more tiresome
superlative: most tiresome

tips · tag (a popular children's chasing game)tire · To become sleepy or weary.tired · In need of some rest or sleep.

tiresome · Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

tiring · The action of tiring.tissue · Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.tit · A person's breast or nipple.

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