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Definition of wearisome :
Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.
Synonyms:
obtuse, deadening, dumb, thudding, softened, weariful, muted, leaden, stuffy, dense, drear, verbose, wordy, dim, slow, ho-hum, excite, irksome, windy, muffled, long-winded, weary, sluggish
boring (part of speech: verb)
dreary, commonplace, insipid, dull, mundane, monotonous, uninteresting, prosaic, depressing, dry, tedious, vapid, boring, humdrum, tiresome
difficult (part of speech: adjective)
formidable, stressful, cumbersome, contrary, severe, arduous, knotty, demanding, harsh, oppressive, trying, thorny, tough, finicky, hard, fussy, tricky, difficult, uphill, toilsome, strenuous, wearying, complicated, complex, cantankerous, ticklish, rugged, burdensome, wearing, grinding, adverse, tight, laborious, rough, onerous, troublesome, bothersome
Usage examples:
- An analogy is as good as a suggestion; it becomes wearisome when it is pressed too far. - "In-Darkest-England-and-the-Way-Out", Booth, William.
- The dust and heat made the day's journey very wearisome, but the prospect of seeing the wonderful valley made all hardships of little consequence. - "Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897", Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
- Campaigns are wearisome reading, but not the one that is pictured there. - "Imperial Purple", Edgar Saltus.