'Irksome' definitions:
Definition of 'irksome'
From: WordNet
adjective
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, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]
Definition of 'Irksome'
From: GCIDE
- Irksome \Irk"some\, a.
- 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. [1913 Webster]
- For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden. -- {Irk"some*ly}, adv. -- {Irk"some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'irksome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravating,
- annoying,
- backbreaking,
- besetting,
- boresome,
- boring,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- burdensome,
- chafing,
- crushing,
- disturbing,
- drudging,
- dull,
- exasperating,
- exhausting,
- fagging,
- fatiguing,
- galling,
- grueling,
- harassing,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- importunate,
- importune,
- irking,
- irritating,
- nettling,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- painful,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- provoking,
- stupefyingly boring,
- stupid,
- stuporific,
- teasing,
- tedious,
- tiresome,
- tiring,
- tormenting,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- trying,
- uninteresting,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- weariful,
- wearing,
- wearisome,
- wearying,
- worrisome,
- worrying,
- yawny