Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Causing physical or mental fatigue; tedious or tiresome.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; irksome; monotonous: as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work.
- Synonyms Wearisome, Fatiguing, Tiresome, Tedious, Irksome, prolix, humdrum, prosy, dull. Wearisome and fatiguing are essentially the same in meaning and strength; they are equally appropriate whether the person acts or is acted upon: as, the old man was so deaf that it was equally wearisome (or fatiguing) to speak and to be spoken to. Tiresome is more often used where one is acted upon; in strength it is the same as wearisome. Tedious is stronger than wearisome, and suggests the need of constant effort of the will to do or to endure; the weariness may be, physical or mental r as, a tedious task; a tedious headache; tedious garrulity. Tedious suggests commonly that one is acted upon; irksome suggests that one acts or is called upon to act, and implies also a peculiar reluctance. In Shak., 2 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 56, is an example of the rarer use of irksome to express a wearied shrinking from being acted upon: “How irksome is this music to my heart!” See fatigue, n., and tire, transitive verb
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Examples
“Roll aside the panorama of the three-hours 'Sunday service of two centuries ago, lest that which was not called wearisome in the passing prove wearisome in the delineation now.”
“With regard to the appearance of the toxines, it was found that they were abundantly produced during the performance of "wearisome" work, whereas there were only traces of them to be found when the work was”
“How it had crept into her consciousness she could not understand; she lay still, listening, but the tic-toc seemed to fit the syllables of his name; and when, annoyed, she made a half disdainful mental attempt to substitute other syllables, it proved too much of an effort, and back into its sober, swinging rhythm slipped the old clock's tic-toe, in wearisome, meaningless repetition:”
“All so lately full of refinement, of enchantment -- the music, the pictures, the easy intercourse -- all was stupid, wearisome, meaningless!”
“Its pleasures are insipid, its pursuits wearisome, its conventionalities, duties, and mutual dependence alike tedious and disgusting.”
“I felt that oppressive and wearisome gloom leave my being, a feeling I haven't felt since childhood.”
“Has the prize become routinely stuck on a conveyor belt of winners depicting sport as a wearisome battle against mental, addictive or physical adversity?”
The Guardian: William Hill must be brought to book for sport prize's lack of joy | Frank Keating
“Like literary Monets, Maxwell and Welty maintained somewhat wearisome passions for depicting their gardens.”
“Yet the action grows wearisome as it grinds on, and the film becomes a succession of dazzling set pieces devoid of simple feelings.”
The Wall Street Journal: 'Tattoo': Raw, Rousing and Rather Redundant
“Then again, those who see this or that passion as inappropriate, unnecessary or immoderate can be wearisome in their own right, it must be said.”
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As soon as I finish this chapter
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mollusque I also had the misfortune of meeting here a very learned man of a very wearisome kind; he knew the names of ten thousand shells by heart, and I was obliged to listen to him for two hours, although I was totally ignorant of his science.
---Memoirs of Casanova Nov 10, 2007