irksome

Words with a similar base: irksome

'irksome'

[boring.s.01] as in: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain

Examples:
a boring evening with uninteresting people
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
a dull play
his competent but dull performance
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

Origins

					irksome (English)
└── irkesome (Middle English (1100-1500))

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