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# wearisome

adjective (wearisome; more wearisome, most wearisome)

«wearisome» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Making you feel tired, bored or fed up, especially because it goes on too long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wearisome/#m1)

### In the lessons

A rather formal or literary word; in everyday talk people say "tiring", "boring" or "tedious". In stories it describes long journeys, dull jobs or someone who keeps complaining. Phrases: "a wearisome journey", "a wearisome task".

### Examples

- The long walk home in the rain was wearisome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wearisome/#x1)
- Copying out the same sentence twenty times was a wearisome task. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wearisome/#x2)
- The knight began his wearisome journey across the mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wearisome/#x3)
- His endless complaining became wearisome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wearisome/#x4)
- Waiting in the queue all afternoon was wearisome for everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wearisome/#x5)
- The old woman found the stairs wearisome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wearisome/#x6)
- Never, never before, did I have such a wearisome task! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wearisome/#x7)

### Note

From "weary" (very tired) plus -some. Spelling: y changes to i. Pronounced WEER-ee-sum. Similar: tiresome, tedious. It does not mean "worrying".

## In Jewish tradition

A rather formal or literary word; in everyday talk people say "tiring", "boring" or "tedious". In stories it describes long journeys, dull jobs or someone who keeps complaining. Phrases: "a wearisome journey", "a wearisome task".

### Examples

- And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes; (Writings PSA.73.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wearisome/#x1)
- So am I made to possess — months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. (Writings JOB.7.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wearisome/#x2)

### Note

From "weary" (very tired) plus -some. Spelling: y changes to i. Pronounced WEER-ee-sum. Similar: tiresome, tedious. It does not mean "worrying".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wearisome» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wearisome/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «wearisome» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wearisome/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wearisome» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wearisome.html) on Mova free.