irksome  /'ɚksəm/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  irksome
  (a.)厭惡的,討厭的,令人厭煩的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Irksome \Irk"some\, a.
     1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason
        of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours;
        irksome tasks.
  
              For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
  
              Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God
              layeth his cross upon us.             --Latimer.
  
     Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome.
  
     Usage: {Irksome}, {Wearisome}, {Tedious}. These epithets
            describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is
            applied to something which disgusts by its nature or
            quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that
            which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as,
            wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something
            which tires us out by the length of time occupied in
            its performance; as, a tedious speech.
  
                  Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
                                                    3.
  
                  Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the
                  tedious sight of woes decays.     --Dryden.
            -- {Irk"some*ly}, adv. -- {Irk"some*ness}, n.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  irksome
       adj : so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
             boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the
             deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play";
             "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker
             who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome
             task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke;
             "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of
             a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are
             dreadfully wearisome" [syn: {boring}, {deadening}, {dull},
              {ho-hum}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}]