irksome

a. 厌恶的, 讨厌的, 令人厌烦的

发音

AU /ˈɜɹksəm/

词形变化

more irksome 比较级 most irksome 最高级

别名

irksom

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition

    He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

slow boring dull tedious tiresome wearisome ho-hum

近义相关 1

uninteresting

词源

From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk + -some, or perhaps continuing (in altered form) from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”).

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