At first the job looked good to Tom, but later it became tiresome.
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Tiresome
/ˈtaɪɹsəm/
Synonyms for "tiresome" (140 found)
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Adjective(12 words)
dulldull impressionexasperatingexhaustingfatiguingho-humhoarierirksomeirritatinglaboriousmental exhaustionmonotonous
Verb(1 words)
exasperatingexhaustingfatiguesomefatiguingflatgallinggruelingharassinghardhumdrumhypnoticimportunateimportuneinsipidirkingirksomeirritatingjadingkillinglacklustre
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Noun(2 words)
feel tiredgrinding
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (70)
ordinarypedestrianpeskypesteringpestiferouspestilentpestilentialplaguesomeplagueyplaguingplainpoetrylessponderousprolixprosaicprosingprosyprovokingpunishingrepetitious
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routinesoporificstalestodgystrainingstressfulstupefyingly boringstupidstuporifictameteasingtediousthreadbaretiringtoilsometormentingtroublesometroublingtryingunembellishedunidealisticunimaginativeunimpassioneduninterestingunpleasantunpoeticunpoeticalunromanticvapidvexatiousvexingwearifulwearingwearisomewearyingworrisomeworryingyawny
Adjective(8 words)
Verb(1 words)
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6 entriesCollocations
6 entriestiresome assignmenttiresome bureaucracytiresome lecturetiresome processtiresome repetitiontiresome task
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2 entriesmore tiresomemost tiresome
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1 entriesSample 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.
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Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow America's lead!"
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Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow the lead of the United States!"
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