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The synonyms of “Tiresome” are: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, monotonous, humdrum, laborious, wearing, prosaic, unexciting, uninteresting, uneventful, unvarying, unvaried, unremarkable, repetitive, repetitious, routine, ordinary, everyday, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, commonplace, common, workaday, usual, pedestrian, annoying, irritating, infuriating, exasperating, maddening, trying, troublesome, bothersome, vexing, vexatious
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tiresome” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
annoying | Causing irritation or annoyance. Tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork. |
boring | Not interesting; tedious. A boring evening with uninteresting people. |
bothersome | Annoying; troublesome. Aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport. |
common | Commonly encountered. Problems common to both communities. |
commonplace | Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement. Commonplace everyday activities. |
deadening | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. A deadening routine. |
dull | Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility. She said she wouldn t be dull and lonely. |
everyday | Happening or used every day; daily. Everyday clothes. |
exasperating | Extremely annoying or displeasing. I ve had an exasperating day. |
ho-hum | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. |
humdrum | Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement. Humdrum routine work. |
infuriating | Extremely annoying or displeasing. Her infuriating indifference. |
irksome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. An irksome journey. |
irritating | Serving to stimulate or excite. An irritating delay. |
laborious | (of speech or writing style) showing obvious signs of effort and lacking in fluency. Years of laborious training. |
maddening | Extremely annoying. The ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening. |
monotonous | Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. Nothing is so monotonous as the sea. |
ordinary | With no special or distinctive features; normal. He sets out to depict ordinary people. |
pedestrian | Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull. A pedestrian movie plot. |
prosaic | Having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality. The masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day to day concerns. |
quotidian | Found in the ordinary course of events. His story is an achingly human one mired in quotidian details. |
repetitious | Characterized by repetition. Many hours of repetitious labour. |
repetitive | Repetitive and persistent. A repetitive task. |
routine | Found in the ordinary course of events- Anita Diamant. The Ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill. |
run-of-the-mill | Not special in any way. |
slow | Slow to learn or understand lacking intellectual acuity. A slow process. |
tedious | Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous. Tedious days on the train. |
troublesome | Difficult to deal with. A troublesome situation. |
trying | Hard to endure. It had been a very trying day. |
uneventful | Not marked by interesting or exciting events. A place where dull people lead uneventful lives. |
unexciting | Not stimulating. Many school prospectuses are dull and unexciting. |
uninteresting | Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement. A very uninteresting account of her trip. |
unremarkable | Found in the ordinary course of events. An unremarkable house. |
unvaried | Lacking variety. A plain unvaried diet. |
unvarying | Unvarying in nature. Principles of unvarying validity. |
usual | Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure. The usual summer heat. |
vexatious | Causing irritation or annoyance. A frivolous or vexatious litigant. |
vexing | Causing annoyance, frustration, or worry. The most vexing questions for policymakers. |
wearing | Mentally or physically tiring. It would be a lot less wearing if we could work together amicably. |
wearisome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Other people s dreams are dreadfully wearisome. |
workaday | Found in the ordinary course of events. The workaday world of timecards and performance reviews. |
annoying | The act of troubling or annoying someone. Annoying habits. |
banality | The fact or condition of being banal; unoriginality. There is an essential banality to the story he tells. |
bore | Cause to be bored. Bore a hole in the wall to pass the cable through. |
bored | Tired of the world. Bored with life. |
boredom | The state of feeling bored. I ll die of boredom if I live that long. |
boring | The act of drilling. A boring evening with uninteresting people. |
bromide | A sedative preparation containing potassium bromide. Feel good bromides create the illusion of problem solving. |
dull | Become dull or lusterless in appearance lose shine or brightness. A dull throbbing. |
ennui | The feeling of being bored by something tedious. He succumbed to ennui and despair. |
exhausting | Making one feel very tired; very tiring. An exhausting job in the hot sun. |
fatigue | A group of soldiers ordered to do menial tasks. Growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills. |
featureless | Lacking distinguishing characteristics or features. The featureless landscape of the steppe. |
humdrum | Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. Humdrum routine work. |
irksome | Irritating; annoying. What an irksome task the writing of long letters is. |
jejune | (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting. The jejune diets of the very poor. |
lackluster | Lacking brilliance or vitality. A dull lackluster life. |
monotonous | Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. Her slurred monotonous speech. |
monotony | Sameness of pitch or tone in a sound or utterance. Depression flattens the voice almost to monotony. |
ponderous | Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness. The show is loaded down with ponderous one liners. |
prolixity | Boring verbosity. |
prosaic | Lacking wit or imagination. A prosaic and unimaginative essay. |
tedious | Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous. Tedious days on the train. |
tedium | Dullness owing to length or slowness. The tedium of car journeys. |
tired | (of a thing) no longer fresh or in good condition. I have to look after these animals when you get tired of them. |
tiring | Causing one to need rest or sleep; fatiguing. It had been a tiring day. |
uninteresting | Not arousing curiosity or interest. The scenery is dull and uninteresting. |
unvaried | Not involving change. A plain unvaried diet. |
vapid | Lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest. Vapid tea. |
wearing | The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down as by particles washing over it. A plan of action will make the whole event a less wearing experience. |
wearisome | Causing one to feel tired or bored. Other people s dreams are dreadfully wearisome. |
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