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Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.

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  1. a. Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.
  2. adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  3. Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book. These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out our miles, and makes them wearisome. Shak. Syn. -- Irksome; tiresome; tedious; fatiguing; annoying; vexatious. See Irksome. -- Wea"ri*some*ly, adv. -- Wea"ri*some*ness, n.
  4. Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisomemarch; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draws out our miles, andmakes them wearisome. Shak.
  5. j:100 s so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness