wearisome 
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weari·some (wir′i səm)
adjective
Related Forms:
- wearisomely wea′ri·somely adverb
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
wearisome
modif.
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Modifying Another Word
- very: It was very wearisome work, as the road generally ran across a glaring hot sandy plain, not far from the coast.
Used with adjective complement
- become: The country wore the same aspect, till at last the fine green turf became more wearisome than a dusty turnpike road.
Modifies a noun
- task: He says that it was a wearisome task until I entered the sanctuary.
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A waste of modern tenements, mean, monotonous, and wearisome.
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