Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wearisome"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wearisome \Wea"ri*some\, a.
Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a
wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.
These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out
our miles, and makes them wearisome. --Shak.
Syn: Irksome; tiresome; tedious; fatiguing; annoying;
vexatious. See {Irksome}. -- {Wea"ri*some*ly}, adv. --
{Wea"ri*some*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wearisome
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}, {irksome}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}]
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