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irksome

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɜɹksəm/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eikmorsStarts with IEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Word origin

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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  • He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.
  • The young Spaniard had been in many situations of greater difficulty, but in none more irksome.
  • But winter can also be judged by the prominence of another scourge, one that is especially irksome in a city that places a premium on being well-groomed and immaculately coiffed: hat hair.

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