"tiresome" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtaɪɹsəm/ [General-American], /ˈtaɪəsəm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tiresome.wav Forms: more tiresome [comparative], most tiresome [superlative]
Etymology: tire + -some Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tire|some|pos=adjective}} tire + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)
  1. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome. Synonyms (causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting Derived forms: tiresomeness Translations (causing fatigue or boredom): yorucu (Azerbaijani), абры́длівы (abrýdlivy) (Belarusian), уморителен (umoritelen) (Bulgarian), empipador (Catalan), rasittava (Finnish), pitkästyttävä (Finnish), ennuyeux (French), barbant (French), მომაბეზრებელი (momabezrebeli) (Georgian), ermüdend (German), mühsam (German), unalmas (Hungarian), idegesítő (Hungarian), fárasztó (Hungarian), liosta (Irish), fastidioso (Italian), noioso (Italian), molestus (Latin), membosankan (Malay), tōwenewene (Maori), nudny (Polish), cansativo (Portuguese), entediante (Portuguese), enfadonho (Portuguese), obositor (Romanian), утоми́тельный (utomítelʹnyj) (Russian), ску́чный (skúčnyj) (Russian), fatigoso (Spanish), cansador (Spanish), agotador (Spanish), yorucu (Turkish), edıznaye (Zazaki)

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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "momabezrebeli",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "მომაბეზრებელი"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "unalmas"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "idegesítő"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "fárasztó"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "liosta"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "fastidioso"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "noioso"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "molestus"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "membosankan"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "tōwenewene"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "nudny"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "cansativo"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "entediante"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
          "word": "obositor"
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          "roman": "utomítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "rasittava"
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      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "pitkästyttävä"
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      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "barbant"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "momabezrebeli",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "მომაბეზრებელი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "ermüdend"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "mühsam"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "unalmas"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "idegesítő"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "fárasztó"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "liosta"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "fastidioso"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "noioso"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "molestus"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "membosankan"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "tōwenewene"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "nudny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "cansativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "entediante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "enfadonho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "obositor"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utomítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "утоми́тельный"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "fatigoso"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "agotador"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "yorucu"
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      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "causing fatigue or boredom",
      "word": "edıznaye"
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  "word": "tiresome"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.