Irksome
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English
Adjective
Irksome (comparative more Irksome, superlative most Irksome)
- annoying; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
Adverbs for Irksome
ediously; wearily; heavily; distastefully; nonotonously; dully; stupidly; vaguely; unpleasantly; dismally; drearily; oppressively; onerously; laboriously; vexatiously; provok-ingly; formidably; grievously; bitterly.
Thesaurus
aggravating, annoying, backbreaking, besetting, boresome, boring, bothering, bothersome, burdensome, chafing, crushing, disturbing, drudging, dull, exasperating, exhausting, fagging, fatiguing, galling, grueling, harassing, heavy, hefty, importunate, importune, irking, irritating, nettling, onerous, oppressive, painful, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, stupefyingly boring, stupid, stuporific, teasing, tedious, tiresome, tiring, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, trying, uninteresting, vexatious, vexing, weariful, wearing, wearisome, wearying, worrisome, worrying, yawny
Etymology
From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk, or from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”).
