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tiresome

/ˈtaɪɚsəm/ adjective B2
  1. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome. · Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
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Bennet,” replied his wife, “how can you be so tiresome?
Pride and Prejudice, p. 2 · B2
What can he mean by being so tiresome as to be always coming here?
Pride and Prejudice, p. 354 · B2
The waiting was tiresome and wearing, and at last they grew vexed that Oz should treat them in so poor a fashion, after sending them to undergo hardships and slavery.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 103 · B2
So I have to stay shut up in these rooms all day, and it gets tiresome.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 117 · B2

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