wearisome

Examples

• All

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

  Remember the Sultana (2015)

• 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

B

boring

vswearisome

792 1.0

Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient

does this specifically by being repetitive or uninteresting enough to cause tiredness

T

tired

vswearisome

248 4.4

An idea or phrase used so often that it feels boring

wears people down when that overuse becomes boring or repetitive

D

dull

vswearisome

169 1.3

Not interesting or lively

is tiring when that lack of liveliness repeats

T

tedious

vswearisome

78 4.4

Boring and repetitive, making you feel mentally tired

is about boredom arising from dull repetition rather than length alone

R

repetitive

vswearisome

55 3.5

Doing the same thing again and again

becomes tiring when that repetition makes it uninteresting or causes boredom

T

tiresome

vswearisome

38 4.1

Making you bored, annoyed, or mentally tired

is about causing tiredness specifically because something is boring or repetitive

T

tiring

vswearisome

35 1.0

Making you feel tired after a lot of activity

causes tiredness specifically because something is boring or repetitive

B

banal

vswearisome

21 7.2

Used so often that it feels boring

causes weariness when lack of originality makes it boring or repetitive

U

uninteresting

vswearisome

19 1.4

Not exciting and likely to make people bored

leads to tiredness when plainness repeats over time

M

monotonous

vswearisome

18 5.3

Something that is boring because it has no variety

focuses on causing tiredness specifically by being uninteresting or repetitive

I

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

M

mind-numbing

vswearisome

• Informal

13 6.5

So boring that you stop paying attention

produces tiredness by being uninteresting or repetitive rather than numbing intensity

U

uninspiring

vswearisome

6 3.5

Not interesting or exciting

causes tiredness when lack of interest repeats or becomes unvarying

R

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

I

irksome

vswearisome

6 7.4

Making you feel annoyed or bored

causes weariness mainly because the annoyance or tedium is repetitive

H

ho-hum

vswearisome

4 8.1

Not interesting and making you feel bored

is caused by being dull or repetitive enough to make one tired

D

deadening

vswearisome

2 6.9

Making something feel very dull and boring

is about causing tiredness by being uninteresting or repetitive rather than just dulling

W

wearing

vswearisome

2 4.8

Making you feel tired after a long time or hard work

refers to tiredness caused by uninteresting repetition rather than effort

B

boresome

vswearisome

• Archaic

1 6.8

Causes people to lose interest because it is dull

is specifically about causing tiredness through uninteresting repetition or sameness

A

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

E

exciting

∞ 1.0

Making people feel very interested and eager

S

stimulating

47 3.9

To make someone feel more awake and interested

How Tiresome

mind-numbing

• Informal

13 6.5

tedious

78 4.4

wearisome

2 7.0

boring

792 1.0

dull

169 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology