WEARISOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wearisome mean? 

• WEARISOME (adjective)
  The adjective WEARISOME has 1 sense:

1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

  Familiarity information: WEARISOME used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEARISOME (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Synonyms:

boring; deadening; dull; ho-hum; irksome; slow; tedious; tiresome; wearisome

Context example:

other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

Similar:

uninteresting (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement)

 Context examples 

I thought of my fifty-guinea fee, of my wearisome journey, and of the unpleasant night which seemed to be before me.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was she whom I had heard pecking at a piece of bark; it was she, keeping better watch than any human being, who thus announced my arrival with her wearisome refrain.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Anxious and uneasy, the period which passed in the drawing-room, before the gentlemen came, was wearisome and dull to a degree that almost made her uncivil.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

In himself he was wearisome, but as the friend of Tom and the admirer of Julia he became offensive.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

These men, with their small waists, their gestures, and their unnatural ways, had become wearisome to me, and even my uncle, with his cold and patronizing manner, filled me with very mixed feelings.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Anne's mind was in a most favourable state for the entertainment of the evening; it was just occupation enough: she had feelings for the tender, spirits for the gay, attention for the scientific, and patience for the wearisome; and had never liked a concert better, at least during the first act.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)