Associations to the word «Irksome»
Noun
- Confinement
- Toil
- Idleness
- Restraint
- Solitude
- Tarzan
- Render
- Weariness
- Bondage
- Restriction
- Routine
- Burden
- Task
- Repetition
- Temperament
- Duty
- Necessity
- Obligation
- Captivity
- Pleasure
- Habit
- Harness
- Delight
- Enough
- Labour
- Discipline
- Employment
- Amusement
- Occupation
- Esteem
- Comfort
- Labor
- Sympathy
- Attachment
- Multitude
- Judith
- Feeling
- Imprisonment
- Taste
- Presence
- Liberty
- Situation
- Spirit
- Destiny
- Journey
- Affection
- Imagination
- Find
- Escape
- Exercise
Adjective
Wiktionary
IRKSOME, adjective. Disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
Dictionary definition
IRKSOME, adjective. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.