tiresome

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/ˈtaɪɚsəm/

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/ˈtaɪɚsəm/ · /ˈtaɪəsəm/

Definition of tiresome

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adj

Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

“Eventually his long stories became tiresome.”
““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.”

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From tire + -some.

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