Skip to main content
wearisome

wearisome

2 7.0
Makes you feel tired or bored because it is repetitive
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪrɪsəm/
translation icon : tedioso
  • After two hours of wearisome discussion, no decisions had been made.
  • become wearisome
  • get wearisome

Whatever was not he, my friend was base and wearisome to me.

Examples

  • After a wearisome march, we came to the Big Black.

  • But it is wearisome to catch enough of them to make a meal.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • There follows an anxious and wearisome night.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • It's sorely wearisome for me.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Travel's a wearisome business.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Thought remains delightful even as the rest of life declines and becomes "wearisome" (to William Short, 31 October 1819).

    Academic text (1991)
  • Ismene complains of a wearisome journey (1.328), unlike Don Gay, refreshed by his travels.

    Academic text (1994)
  • "Nor was The Rainbow exempted from these attacks: " the thud, thud, thud of the hectic phrases is intolerably wearisome.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The lecture was so wearisome that half the students fell asleep.

  • She found the endless paperwork wearisome and began to lose interest in her project.

Synonyms

boring
vswearisome
721 1.0

Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient

does this specifically by being repetitive or uninteresting enough to cause tiredness
tired
vswearisome
643 4.4

An idea or phrase used so often that it feels boring

wears people down when that overuse becomes boring or repetitive
dull
vswearisome
182 1.3

Not interesting or lively

is tiring when that lack of liveliness repeats
tedious
vswearisome
87 4.4

Boring and repetitive, making you feel mentally tired

is about boredom arising from dull repetition rather than length alone
repetitive
vswearisome
58 3.5

Doing the same thing again and again

becomes tiring when that repetition makes it uninteresting or causes boredom
tiresome
vswearisome
37 4.1

Making you bored, annoyed, or mentally tired

is about causing tiredness specifically because something is boring or repetitive
tiring
vswearisome
25 1.0

Making you feel tired after a lot of activity

causes tiredness specifically because something is boring or repetitive
banal
vswearisome
21 7.2

Used so often that it feels boring

causes weariness when lack of originality makes it boring or repetitive
uninteresting
vswearisome
20 1.4

Not exciting and likely to make people bored

leads to tiredness when plainness repeats over time
mind-numbing
vswearisome
  • Informal
14 6.5

So boring that you stop paying attention

produces tiredness by being uninteresting or repetitive rather than numbing intensity
monotonous
vswearisome
14 5.3

Something that is boring because it has no variety

focuses on causing tiredness specifically by being uninteresting or repetitive
interminable
vswearisome
13 7.5

Lasting a very long time and making you bored or annoyed

is tiring when long duration makes something boring or repetitively dull
uninspiring
vswearisome
7 3.5

Not interesting or exciting

causes tiredness when lack of interest repeats or becomes unvarying
repetitious
vswearisome
6 5.1

Showing the same thing again and again in a boring way

causes tiredness because repetition also makes it uninteresting overall
irksome
vswearisome
6 7.4

Making you feel annoyed or bored

causes weariness mainly because the annoyance or tedium is repetitive
ho-hum
vswearisome
5 8.1

Not interesting and making you feel bored

is caused by being dull or repetitive enough to make one tired
deadening
vswearisome
1 6.9

Making something feel very dull and boring

is about causing tiredness by being uninteresting or repetitive rather than just dulling
boresome
vswearisome
  • Archaic
6.8

Causes people to lose interest because it is dull

is specifically about causing tiredness through uninteresting repetition or sameness
wearing
vswearisome
4.8

Making you feel tired after a long time or hard work

refers to tiredness caused by uninteresting repetition rather than effort
as exciting as watching paint dry
vswearisome
  • Informal
8.6

Very boring and hard to pay attention to

expresses boredom that makes people tired because it is repetitive or uninteresting

Antonyms

1.0

Making people feel very interested and eager

1 3.9

To make someone feel more awake and interested

How Tiresome

mind-numbing
  • Informal
14 6.5
tedious
87 4.4
wearisome
2 7.0
boring
721 1.0
dull
182 1.3

Surface Forms

wearisome positive

Morphology

wearisome = weary (transparent) = weary + some

Formed from the adjective 'weary' plus the productive suffix '-some' meaning 'causing', so the meaning 'causing tiredness or boredom' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Wearisome comes from weary 'tired' and the ending -some 'causing'. So a wearisome thing 'causes tiredness or boredom', like the similar word tiresome.