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What (who) is irksome - definition
irksome
If something is irksome, it irritates or annoys you. (FORMAL)
...the irksome regulations.
= tiresome
ADJ
Irksome
·adj Weary; vexed; uneasy.
II. Irksome ·adj Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.
irksome
adj. (formal) irksome to + inf. (it is irksome to listen to his constant complaints)
Examples of use of irksome
1. Until now, their most bitter enemies have been the odd irksome restaurant critic and cantankerous diner.
2. Fever and headache are irksome symptoms, but the underlying disease itself requires understanding.
3. Human flaws or irksome historical details seem smaller at a distance of time or space.
4. Even his home town of Toronto had trouble with the Blacks, finding him both intimidating and irksome.
5. They are growing ever more impatient in the face of the irksome combination of Scots cupidity and ingratitude.