Hypertext Webster Gateway: "irksome"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Irksome \Irk"some\, a.
1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason
of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours;
irksome tasks.

For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us.
--Milton.

2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]

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.

Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
3.

Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the
tedious sight of woes decays. --Dryden.
-- {Irk"some*ly}, adv. -- {Irk"some*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

irksome
adj : 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}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}]

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