What does tiresome mean?
Tiresome means Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome..
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/ˈtaɪɚsəm/ · adjective
Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome..
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
“How quickly have I fallen!” thought Tarzan; but in his heart he did not consider it a fall—rather, he pitied the poor creatures of Paris, penned up like prisoners in their silly clothes, and watched by policemen all their poor lives, that they might do nothing that was not entirely artificial and tiresome.
Use tiresome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tiresome means Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome..
Common synonyms include boring, dull, irksome, slow.
Possible antonyms include energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting.
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
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