[
UK
/ˈɜːksʌm/
]
[ US /ˈɝksəm/ ]
[ US /ˈɝksəm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a dull play
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
his competent but dull performance
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
a boring evening with uninteresting people
How To Use irksome In A Sentence
- He is the leader of a hilarious village of "unsubdued and irksome" Gauls still holding out against Caesar's legions in 50 B.C.
- De Forest had only one seat to his buggy, and it was rather irksome to be conveying two ladies around all the time. The Expressman and the Detective
- But if restrictions off the field of play are irksome it's nothing compared to the turmoil he's going through on the pitch these days.
- It is an irksome chore, which I would rather avoid.
- More than 1,700 passengers were surveyed, returning the five habits cruisers find most irksome. The Sun
- But this was not the time for delay; I disencumbered the dogs of their dead companion, gave them a plentiful portion of food; and, after an hour's rest, which was absolutely necessary, and yet which was bitterly irksome to me, Chapter 7
- Suspense is irksome, disappointment , bitter, all the world has, some time or other.
- But that\'s just what France\'s irksomely hyperkinetic president, Nicholas Sarkozy, was doing in this weekend\'s summer heat. Eric Margolis: Italy's Lover-in-Chief
- It is irksome that some common sense preventative measures are not in place.
- But I must confess it is by far the most irksome I have ever tried.
