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irksome 音标拼音: ['ɚksəm] a. 厌恶的,讨厌的,令人厌烦的 厌恶的,讨厌的,令人厌烦的 irksome adj 1: 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" [ synonym: { boring}, { deadening}, { dull}, { ho- hum}, { irksome}, { slow}, { tedious}, { tiresome}, { wearisome}] Irksome \ Irk" some\, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. [ 1913 Webster] For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. -- Latimer. Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. Usage: { Irksome}, { Wearisome}, { Tedious}. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech. [ 1913 Webster] Wearisome nights are appointed to me. -- Job vii. 3. [ 1913 Webster] Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the tedious sight of woes decays. -- Dryden. -- { Irk" some* ly}, adv. -- { Irk" some* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 61 Moby Thesaurus words for " irksome": 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
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