tiresome

Definition

Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

Etymology

From tire + -some.

Example Sentences

• "Eventually his long stories became tiresome."
• "“How quickly have I fallen!” thought Tarzan; but in his heart he did not consider it a fall—rather, he pitied the poor creatures of Paris, penned up like prisoners in their silly clothes, and watched by policemen all their poor lives, that they might do nothing that was not entirely artificial and tiresome."