wearisome

[US]/ˈwɪərisəm/
[UK]/ˈwɪrisəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. causing fatigue or annoyance.

Example Sentences

I likewise can call the lutanist and the singer, but the sounds that pleased me yesterday weary me today, and will grow yet more wearisome tomorrow.

As it happens to thee in the amphitheatre and such places, that the continual sight of the same things and the uniformity make the spectacle wearisome, so it is in the whole of life; for all things above, below, are the same and from the same.

The wearisome task of cleaning the house never seems to end.

The wearisome journey through the mountains left us exhausted.

She found the repetitive nature of the job wearisome.

Trying to please everyone can be a wearisome task.

The wearisome traffic made her late for the meeting.

Dealing with constant complaints can be wearisome.

He let out a wearisome sigh as he faced another long day at work.

The wearisome process of paperwork can be frustrating.

The wearisome routine of daily chores can become monotonous.

She found the wearisome class lectures hard to stay awake through.

Real-world Examples

I wonder...perhaps the task of nursing me has become wearisome for you, Wormtail?

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Of that long, wearisome ride William never afterwards had any very clear recollection.

Source: American Elementary School English 5

The Elder's story became somewhat wearisome, and his audience grew gradually less, until it was reduced to twenty passengers.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

The dinner was mediocre and the conversation wearisome.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Four)

The morning was cool and the walk not wearisome.

Source: Lovers in the Tower (Part Two)

I thought of my fifty-guinea fee, of my wearisome journey, and of the unpleasant night which seemed to be before me.

Source: The Engineer's Thumb Case of Sherlock Holmes

On the whole, even for Senators, diplomats, and Cabinet officers, the period was wearisome and stale.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Part Two)

" When America was discovered, " said the Radical member—and he began to give some wearisome facts.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Will would be happy to conduct them — not to anything wearisome, only to a few examples.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Two)

A wearisome obscurity enveloped the proceedings, until Detective Ganimard was called as a witness; then interest was revived.

Source: Gentleman Thief

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