Wearisome
adjective
Causing tiredness or boredom because of being too long, slow, or dull.
I had to sit through a wearisome speech by the mayor.
Often appears as...
- wearisome task
- wearisome journey
adjective
Causing tiredness or boredom because of being too long, slow, or dull.
I had to sit through a wearisome speech by the mayor.
Often appears as...
- wearisome task
- wearisome journey
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'wearisome' to describe tasks or activities that are dull and tiring. Not for people directly.
Compiling the report was a wearisome job.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Periods
'Wearisome' is best for situations that stretch over time and drain energy or enthusiasm.
The wearisome process of scanning all the documents took hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
'Wearisome' can reflect a feeling of mental fatigue and frustration with the monotony.
Reading the same instructions repeatedly became wearisome.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'wearisome' to describe tasks or activities that are dull and tiring. Not for people directly.
Compiling the report was a wearisome job.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Periods
'Wearisome' is best for situations that stretch over time and drain energy or enthusiasm.
The wearisome process of scanning all the documents took hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
'Wearisome' can reflect a feeling of mental fatigue and frustration with the monotony.
Reading the same instructions repeatedly became wearisome.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'wearisome' to describe tasks or activities that are dull and tiring. Not for people directly.
Compiling the report was a wearisome job.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Periods
'Wearisome' is best for situations that stretch over time and drain energy or enthusiasm.
The wearisome process of scanning all the documents took hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
'Wearisome' can reflect a feeling of mental fatigue and frustration with the monotony.
Reading the same instructions repeatedly became wearisome.
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Video examples
Lesley Hazleton: A...
"as toilsome reading as I ever undertook; a wearisome, confused jumble." Part of the problem, I think, is that we imagine that the Koran can be read as we usually read a book -- as though we can curl up with it on a rainy afternoon
Video examples
Lesley Hazleton: A...
"as toilsome reading as I ever undertook; a wearisome, confused jumble." Part of the problem, I think, is that we imagine that the Koran can be read as we usually read a book -- as though we can curl up with it on a rainy afternoon
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Quote examples
Adelbert von Chamisso
German Poet
After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.
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James Payn
English Novelist
As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand.
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William Tyndale
English Clergyman
My overcoat is worn out; my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening; it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark.
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Emma Donoghue
Irish Playwright
Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer.
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Pierre Loti
French Writer
It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man.
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Adelbert von Chamisso
German Poet
After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.
Quote examples
James Payn
English Novelist
As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand.
Quote examples
William Tyndale
English Clergyman
My overcoat is worn out; my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening; it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark.
Quote examples
Emma Donoghue
Irish Playwright
Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer.
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Pierre Loti
French Writer
It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man.
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