| slovo | definícia |
irksome
(encz) | irksome,mrzutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
irksome
(encz) | irksome,protivný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Irksome
(gcide) | Irksome \Irk"some\, a.
1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason
of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours;
irksome tasks.
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For not to irksome toil, but to delight,
He made us. --Milton.
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2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
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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.
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Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
3.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays,
But with the tedious sight of woes decays.
--Dryden.
-- Irk"some*ly, adv. -- Irk"some*ness, n.
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irksome
(wn) | irksome
adj 1: 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,
irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome] |
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irksomeness
(encz) | irksomeness,protivnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Irksome
(gcide) | 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; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
3.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays,
But with the tedious sight of woes decays.
--Dryden.
-- Irk"some*ly, adv. -- Irk"some*ness, n.
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Irksomely
(gcide) | 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; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
3.
[1913 Webster]
Pity only on fresh objects stays,
But with the tedious sight of woes decays.
--Dryden.
-- Irk"some*ly, adv. -- Irk"some*ness, n.
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Irksomeness
(gcide) | 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; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
3.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays,
But with the tedious sight of woes decays.
--Dryden.
-- Irk"some*ly, adv. -- Irk"some*ness, n.
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Mirksome
(gcide) | Mirksome \Mirk"some\, a.
Dark; gloomy; murky. [Archaic] --Spenser. --
Mirk"some*ness, n. [Archaic]
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Mirksomeness
(gcide) | Mirksome \Mirk"some\, a.
Dark; gloomy; murky. [Archaic] --Spenser. --
Mirk"some*ness, n. [Archaic]
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