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Irksome

Irksome (irksome)
a.(?)
Irk"some
  1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.

    For not to irksome toil, but to delight,
    He made us.
    Milton.

  2. Weary; vexed; uneasy.
    [Obs.]

    Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God layeth his cross upon us. Latimer.

    Syn. -- Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome. -- Irksome, Wearisome, Tedious. These epithets describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is applied to something which disgusts by its nature or quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as, wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something which tires us out by the length of time occupied in its performance; as, a tedious speech.

    Wearisome nights are appointed to me. Job vii. 3.

    Pity only on fresh objects stays,
    But with the tedious sight of woes decays.
    Dryden.

    -- Irk"some*ly, adv. -- Irk"some*ness, n.














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