irksome
Meaning
Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
Synonyms
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɜɹksəm/
Etymology
In summary
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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