tiresome

adjective

tire·​some ˈtī(-ə)r-səm 

: wearisome, tedious

a tiresome lecture

tiresomely adverb

tiresomeness noun

Synonyms

• arid
• boring
• colorless
• drab
• dreary
• drudging
• dry
• dull
• dusty
• flat
• heavy
• ho-hum
• humdrum
• jading
• jejune
• leaden
• mind-numbing
• monochromatic
• monotonous
• numbing
• old
• pedestrian
• ponderous
• slow
• stale
• stodgy
• stuffy
• stupid
• tame
• tedious
• tiring
• uninteresting
• wearisome
• weary
• wearying

Examples of tiresome in a Sentence

All those stories about his childhood can become tiresome after a while.

what a tiresome church service that turned out to be

Recent Examples on the Web

Make Listening a Game Your child spends a significant portion of their day being talked to—and that is likely tiresome for them. —Jeannette Moninger, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024

KitchenAid 9-Speed Digital Hand Mixer with Turbo Beater II Stirring can be tiresome, especially when there’s large amounts or chunky ingredients. —Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024

Even for the hottest among us, snapping a fantastic selfie can be tough and tiresome. —Erica Sloan, SELF, 11 Oct. 2024

None of them are written with any specificity, though the actors manage to land the lines and elicit a few chuckles here and there — except for a tiresome twosome who try to speak with a Brooklyn accent for the entirety of the movie. —Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1520, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

tiresome

adjective

tire·​some ˈtī(ə)r-səm 

: likely to tire one because of length or dullness : boring

a tiresome lecture

tiresomely adverb