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/ˈɜɹksəm/ · adjective
Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition.
He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.
The young Spaniard had been in many situations of greater difficulty, but in none more irksome.
But winter can also be judged by the prominence of another scourge, one that is especially irksome in a city that places a premium on being well-groomed and immaculately coiffed: hat hair.
Like the irksome climate-change satire Don’t Look Up, directed by Succession executive producer Adam McKay, the exaggerated hijinks of Mountainhead reveal a deep self-assurance of its politics that border on smug.
Use irksome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Irksome means Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition.
Common synonyms include bothersome, annoying, irritating, wearisome.
Possible antonyms include pleasant, agreeable, enjoyable.
He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.
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