At first the job looked good to Tom, but later it became tiresome.
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Tiresome
//ˈtaɪɹsəm//
Synonyms for "tiresome" (127 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (63)
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2 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 24 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yorucu adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Belarusian
1 entries- абры́длівы adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Bulgarian
1 entries- уморителен adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Catalan
1 entries- empipador adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Czech
4 entries- fádní adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- nudný adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- obtížný adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- otravný adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Finnish
3 entries- pitkästyttävä adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- rasittava adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- väsyttävä adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
French
2 entries- barbant adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- ennuyeux adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Georgian
1 entries- მომაბეზრებელი adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
German
2 entries- ermüdend adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- mühsam adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Hungarian
3 entries- fárasztó adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- idegesítő adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- unalmas adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Irish
1 entries- liosta adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Italian
2 entries- fastidioso adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- noioso adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Latin
1 entries- molestus adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Malay
1 entries- membosankan adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Māori
1 entries- tōwenewene adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Polish
1 entries- nudny adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Portuguese
3 entries- cansativo adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- enfadonho adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- entediante adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Romanian
1 entries- obositor adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Russian
2 entries- ску́чный adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- утоми́тельный adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Spanish
4 entries- agotador adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- cansador adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- cansón adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- fatigoso adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Swedish
1 entries- tröttsam adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Thai
3 entries- น่าเบื่อ adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- น่าเบื่อหน่าย adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
- น่าเหนื่อยหน่าย adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Turkish
1 entries- yorucu adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Zazaki
1 entries- edıznaye adj (causing fatigue or boredom)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Once you go ahead and start, even the tiresome work of adding and subtracting figures is interesting in its way.
Source: tatoeba (271027)
Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow America's lead!"
Source: tatoeba (326829)
Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow the lead of the United States!"
Source: tatoeba (1355373)
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