irksomeness (noun)

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• irksomeness — noun see irksome …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• irksomeness — noun The state of being irksome; vexatiousness; tediousness; wearisomeness …   Wiktionary

• irksomeness — noun see irksome …   Useful english dictionary

• irksome — adjective Date: 15th century tending to irk ; tedious < an irksome task > • irksomely adverb • irksomeness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• irksome — [ ə:ks(ə)m] adjective irritating; annoying. Derivatives irksomely adverb irksomeness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• irksome — /ˈɜksəm/ (say erksuhm) adjective causing weariness, disgust, or annoyance: irksome restrictions. {Middle English irkesome, from irk + some1} –irksomely, adverb –irksomeness, noun …  

• tedium — noun Etymology: Latin taedium disgust, irksomeness, from taedēre to disgust, weary Date: 1662 1. the quality or state of being tedious ; tediousness; also boredom 2. a tedious period of time < long tediums of strained anxiety H. G. Wells > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fastidious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium disgust, probably from fastus arrogance (probably akin to Latin fastigium top) + taedium irksomeness more at tedium Date: 15th century 1. archaic scornful 2. a. having… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• boredom — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ennui, lack of interest, weariness, world weariness, taedium vitae (Latin), tedium, tiresomeness, apathy, wearisomeness, doldrums, listlessness, irksomeness, the blahs*; see also dullness 1 , indifference 1 , monotony . II… …   English dictionary for students

• tedium — /ˈtidiəm / (say teedeeuhm) noun the state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness: *The solution – to work – is not simply an escape from the felt tedium of home duties. –lyn richards, 1985. {Latin taedium} …  

• te|di|um — «TEE dee uhm», noun. 1. the condition of being wearisome; tiresomeness; tediousness. SYNONYM(S): irksomeness. 2. ennui; boredom. ╂[< Latin taedium < taedet it is wearisome] …   Useful english dictionary