irksome
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/ˈɜɹksəm/
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/ˈɜɹksəm/ · /ˈɜːksəm/
Definition of irksome
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
“The young Spaniard had been in many situations of greater difficulty, but in none more irksome.”
“But winter can also be judged by the prominence of another scourge, one that is especially irksome in a city that places a premium on being well-groomed and immaculately coiffed: hat hair.”
“Like the irksome climate-change satire Don’t Look Up, directed by Succession executive producer Adam McKay, the exaggerated hijinks of Mountainhead reveal a deep self-assurance of its politics that border on smug.”
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Etymology
From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk + -some, or perhaps continuing (in altered form) from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”).
Words you can make from irksome
127 playable · top: SMOKIER (13 pts)
Best play smokier 13 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
21 words4-letter words
45 words- MERK 10 pts
- MIKE 10 pts
- MIRK 10 pts
- MOKE 10 pts
- MOSK 10 pts
- SKIM 10 pts
- IRKS 8 pts
- KEIR 8 pts
- KIER 8 pts
- KIRS 8 pts
- KOIS 8 pts
- KORE 8 pts
- KORI 8 pts
- KORS 8 pts
- KRIS 8 pts
- OIKS 8 pts
- OKES 8 pts
- RISK 8 pts
- SIKE 8 pts
- SOKE 8 pts
- EMIR 6 pts
- EMOS 6 pts
- MIRE 6 pts
- MIRS 6 pts
- MISE 6 pts
- MISO 6 pts
- MORE 6 pts
- MORS 6 pts
- OMER 6 pts
- REMS 6 pts
- RIME 6 pts
- RIMS 6 pts
- ROMS 6 pts
- SEMI 6 pts
- SOME 6 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROSE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SORE 4 pts
- SORI 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- IRK 7 pts
- KIR 7 pts
- KIS 7 pts
- KOI 7 pts
- KOR 7 pts
- KOS 7 pts
- OIK 7 pts
- OKE 7 pts
- SKI 7 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- EMS 5 pts
- ISM 5 pts
- MES 5 pts
- MIR 5 pts
- MIS 5 pts
- MOI 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MOS 5 pts
- OMS 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- RIM 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- SIM 5 pts
- SOM 5 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
2-letter words
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