irksome
irk·some
adjective
1.
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- “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”
- “;”
- “- Edmund Burke;”
- “;”
- “- Mark Twain;”
- “s dreams are dreadfully wearisome”
Origin
From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk + -some, or perhaps continuing (in altered form) from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”).
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