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   irksome

   /ˈəːks(ə)m/

   adjective

   • 1. irritating; annoying: "an irksome journey"

   Derivatives

   • 1. irksomely adverb
   • 2. irksomeness noun

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   What does irksome mean?

   • Pick the best words! Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of IRKSOME is tending to irk : tedious. How to use irksome in a sentence.

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   What is the etymology of irksome?

   • If you are a person who likes to know exactly where words come from, you might find it irksome that the etymology of irksome 's 15th century ancestor irken is unknown. If you complain about this to all of your friends, they might start to find you irksome also. "Irksome."

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   Is flying irksome?

   • For more than decade, flying has been made irksome rather than pleasurable by an ever-increasing fortress culture at airports. For most New Yorkers, there are few things as irksome as strangers accosting you on the street. Even more irksome than the aphorisms is the obviousness of the advice.

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   What is more irksome than the aphorisms?

   • Even more irksome than the aphorisms is the obviousness of the advice. They had no power of attention even to a story, and the stillness was irksome to such wild colts. They are as impertinent as those people who stop you only to bore you; but the former are perhaps less irksome.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishIRKSOME | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   adjective. formal uk / ˈɜːk.səm / us / ˈɝːk.səm / Add to word list. annoying: The vibration can become irksome after a while. Synonym. tiresome mainly UK. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Annoying. accursed. aggravating. annoyingly. ball-ache. exasperatingly. frustratingly. gadfly. gallingly. irritatingly. limit. maddening. mither.

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   Irksome means tending to irk, or annoy, because of length or dullness. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for irksome.

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   Irksome definition: annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome. See examples of IRKSOME used in a sentence.

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   adjective. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. “"what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke” synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome. uninteresting. arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Irksome."

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › irksomeIRKSOME | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   adjective. formal us / ˈɝːk.səm / uk / ˈɜːk.səm / Add to word list. annoying: The vibration can become irksome after a while. Synonym. tiresome mainly UK. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Annoying. accursed. aggravating. annoyingly. ball-ache. exasperatingly. frustratingly. gadfly. gallingly. irritatingly. limit. maddening. mither.

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   irksome in British English. (ˈɜːksəm ) adjective. causing vexation, annoyance, or boredom; troublesome or tedious. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. irksomely (ˈirksomely) adverb.

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   Definition of irksome adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.