Definition of tiresome

"tiresome" in the adjective sense

1. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

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"

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Quotations for tiresome

The secret of making one's self tiresome is not to know when to stop. [ Voltaire ]

Nothing is more estimable then politeness, and nothing more ridiculous or tiresome than ceremony. [ French ]

There is nothing more tiresome than the conversation of a lover who has nothing to desire, and nothing to fear. [ Mme. de Sartory ]

The affectation of virtue which characterizes this century would be very ludicrous, if it were not very tiresome. [ T. Gautier ]

Paradise must be a tiresome place if it is peopled only by those saintly souls whose company we so dread here below. [ De Finod ]

Man ought always to have something which he prefers to life; otherwise life itself will appear to him tiresome and void. [ Seume ]

tiresome in Scrabble®

The word tiresome is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters tiresome:

TIRESOME
(99)
TIRESOME
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

emoters, erotise, isomere, meteors, metrise, moister, mortise, reemits, remotes, retimes

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word tiresome

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In tiresome

TIRESOME
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tiresome in Words With Friends™

The word tiresome is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters tiresome:

REMOTES
(95 = 60 + 35)
REEMITS
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METEORS
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MORTISE
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

emoters, erotise, isomere, meteors, metrise, moister, mortise, reemits, remotes, retimes

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word tiresome

TIRESOME
(78)
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(63)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In tiresome

REMOTES
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METEORS
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Words within the letters of tiresome

2 letter words in tiresome (10 words)

8 letter words in tiresome (1 word)

Words containing the sequence tiresome

Words that start with tiresome (3 words)

Words with tiresome in them (1 word)

Words that end with tiresome (1 word)

Word Growth involving tiresome

Shorter words in tiresome

me some

so som some

re ire ires tires

re ire tire tires

Longer words containing tiresome

tiresomely

tiresomeness