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# tiresome

«tiresome» in Mova's school dictionary: **Boring and annoying because it goes on too long or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Boring and annoying because it goes on too long or happens too often. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/#m1)

2) Making you feel tired or impatient. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday talk it describes dull jobs (tiresome homework), long journeys or irritating people. It is a little formal or old-fashioned; children would usually say «boring» or «annoying». Phrases: «a tiresome job», «tiresome journey», «tiresome child».

### examples

- Sorting the old papers was a tiresome job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/#x1)
- The long car trip became tiresome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/#x2)
- His jokes became tiresome after a while. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/#x3)
- (formal) It is tiresome to repeat the same instructions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/#x4)
- Waiting in queues is tiresome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/#x5)
- The tiresome noise kept us awake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/#x6)
- "That is tiresome," said the princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/#x7)

### note

It is spelt «tire-some» (not «tiersome»). It means annoying and boring, not «tired». In British English «tyre» is the rubber on a wheel, but «tiresome» is always spelt with «i».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tiresome» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiresome/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.