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irksome task

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  • irksome task — tedious assignment, annoying job …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Irksome — Irk some, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. [1913 Webster] For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Weary;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

  • task — n. 1) to carry out, do, fulfill, perform; cope with; take on, undertake a task 2) to assign smb. a task 3) a delicate, ticklish; difficult; fruitless, hopeless; Herculean, monumental; irksome; menial; onerous; pleasant; unpleasant; unwelcome;… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Irksomely — Irksome Irk some, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. [1913 Webster] For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Irksomeness — Irksome Irk some, a. 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. [1913 Webster] For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deadening — I noun the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) • Syn: ↑stultification, ↑constipation, ↑impairment • Derivationally related forms: ↑deaden • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • irk´some|ness — irk|some «URK suhm», adjective. tiresome; tedious; annoying: »Washing dishes all day would be an irksome task. Company was irksome to me (Mary W. Shelley). SYNONYM(S): wearisome. –irk´some|ly, adverb. –irk´some|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • irk´some|ly — irk|some «URK suhm», adjective. tiresome; tedious; annoying: »Washing dishes all day would be an irksome task. Company was irksome to me (Mary W. Shelley). SYNONYM(S): wearisome. –irk´some|ly, adverb. –irk´some|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • irk|some — «URK suhm», adjective. tiresome; tedious; annoying: »Washing dishes all day would be an irksome task. Company was irksome to me (Mary W. Shelley). SYNONYM(S): wearisome. –irk´some|ly, adverb. –irk´some|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • Claytons — For the school in the United Kingdom, see Bourne End, Buckinghamshire#Education. Claytons is the brand name of a non alcoholic, non carbonated beverage coloured and packaged to resemble bottled whisky. It was the subject of a major marketing… …   Wikipedia

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