Irksome Definition

ûrksəm
adjective
Causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation.
Irksome duties; irksome restrictions.
American Heritage
That tends to irk; tiresome or annoying.
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Origin of Irksome

  • From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk +‎ -some, or from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”).

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Irksome Sentence Examples

  • It seemed to Daniel irksome and improper to be in a room at all, but to have anything to do with a young lady seemed to him impossible.

  • He found his dependence on his mother somewhat irksome.

  • It is irksome because the process is so slow, and they cannot read what they have written or correct their mistakes.

  • Many an irksome noise, go a long way off, is heard as music, a proud, sweet satire on the meanness of our lives.

  • He remained there ten years, but his position became irksome, and at length intolerable.

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