Meaning & use
tiresome
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Causing weariness or annoyance through being tedious, repetitive, or dull.
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Filling out the same form five times was tiresome.
His constant complaining became tiresome after a while.
A note on using this word
Combines "tire" with the suffix "-some," meaning tending to cause.
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