From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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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