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Antonyms for tiresome
ˈtaɪər səmtire·some
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term tiresome.
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tiresomeadjective
Antonyms:
exciting, interesting, energizing, freshtiresomeadjective
Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
Synonyms:
dull, tedious, boring, slow, wearisome, irksomeAntonyms:
fresh, exciting, interesting, energizing
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
tiresome
Synonyms:
fatiguing, wearisome, exhausting, irksome, tedious
Princeton's WordNet
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisomeadjective
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't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
Antonyms:
interestingSynonyms:
dull, dim, windy, wearisome, wordy, dense, muted, boring, verbose, dumb, leaden, tedious, slow, sluggish, obtuse, deadening, muffled, ho-hum, long-winded, irksome, thudding, softened
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How to use tiresome in a sentence?
It is the character of a simpleton to be a bore. A man of sense sees at once whether he is welcome or tiresome; he knows to withdraw the moment that precedes that in which he would be in the least in the way.
If the word only made you think of rational, deserved causes like teaching a less whitewashed version of American history, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would still want to own it. But it's a joke because it makes you think of people who wake up offended and take orders from Twitter. And their oversensitivity has grown tiresome.
Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
I used to fly the planes, but I don't like flying planes no more, it's a little bit longer and a little bit more tiresome, but I feel a little bit more safer on the train.
We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer Yes, but I did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1748 | interesting | |
#2085 | fresh | |
#4180 | exciting | |
#44477 | energizing | |
#48971 | tiresome |
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