irksome

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

• enPR: ûrk'səm, IPA^(key): /ˈɜɹksəm/

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irksome (comparative more irksome, superlative most irksome)

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

   Synonyms: bothersome, annoying, irritating, wearisome, tedious

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

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 235:

     The young Spaniard had been in many situations of greater difficulty, but in none more irksome.

• irk
• irksomely
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• kirsome, smokier