tiresome
/ˈtaɪəsəm/adjective
उच्चारण टायसम
थकाऊ, उबाऊ, झुंझलाने वाला
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Asked in previous papers
as antonym
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making you feel annoyed; boring
थकाऊ, उबाऊ, झुंझलाने वाला
- a tiresome journey
- His constant complaints are tiresome.
- The tiresome waiting at the ticket counter tested everyone's patience.
+ 2 more examples
- I find his tiresome jokes hard to bear.
- It was tiresome to fill in the same form again and again.
Synonyms tedious boring wearisome irritating annoying
Opposite interesting exciting pleasant refreshing
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
tiresome + noun / be tiresome
Tiresome describes a person, task or habit that makes you annoyed or bored because it goes on too long. It does not mean physically tired.
'Tiresome' उस व्यक्ति, काम या आदत को बताता है जो बहुत लंबा चलने के कारण झुंझलाहट या ऊब पैदा करे। इसका अर्थ शारीरिक रूप से थका हुआ नहीं है।
- Waiting in the long ticket queue was tiresome.
- Radhika found his constant jokes tiresome.
it is tiresome + to-infinitive / that-clause
Use the impersonal it with tiresome to comment on an action or situation that annoys you.
किसी झुंझलाने वाले काम या स्थिति पर टिप्पणी करने के लिए 'tiresome' के साथ impersonal 'it' का प्रयोग होता है।
- It is tiresome to repeat the same instructions every morning.
- It is tiresome that the bus is always late.
tiresome of / for sb
To say who is annoyed, use for or to; a tiresome habit can be tiresome for others. Do not use tiresome for the person who feels tired.
यह बताने के लिए कि कौन परेशान है, 'for' या 'to' का प्रयोग होता है। थके हुए व्यक्ति के लिए 'tiresome' का प्रयोग नहीं होता।
- His habit of interrupting is tiresome for everyone in the class.
tiresomely + adverb
The adverb tiresomely modifies adjectives and verbs to show an annoying degree or manner.
Adverb 'tiresomely' adjectives और verbs को modify करके झुंझलाने वाली मात्रा या ढंग को बताता है।
- The speaker was tiresomely slow in making his point.
+Collocations 4
adverb + tiresome
ratherquiteextremelyincreasinglydownright
- The daily forms became increasingly tiresome for the clerk.
tiresome + noun
journeyhabittaskpersondelay
- The tiresome journey by bus took nine hours.
verb + tiresome
find sthbecomegrowproveseem
- The long speech grew tiresome after the first hour.
tiresome + for / to
for everyonefor the staffto listen toto explainto repeat
- Filling the same form again is tiresome for the staff.
“More examples 5
- The tiresome noise of the traffic made it hard for Radhika to study.
ट्रैफ़िक के उबाऊ शोर के कारण राधिका के लिए पढ़ना कठिन हो गया।
- He is a kind man, but his endless stories can be tiresome.
वह दयालु व्यक्ति है, पर उसकी कभी न ख़त्म होने वाली कहानियाँ उबाऊ हो सकती हैं।
- Checking each answer sheet twice is a tiresome but necessary job.
हर उत्तर-पुस्तिका को दो बार जाँचना थकाऊ पर आवश्यक काम है।
- It was tiresome to explain the same thing to every visitor.
हर आगंतुक को वही बात समझाना झुंझलाने वाला था।
- The train delays on this route have become tiresome for daily travellers.
इस मार्ग पर ट्रेनों की देरी रोज़ यात्रा करने वालों के लिए परेशान करने वाली हो गई है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I am tiresome after the long walk.
✓ I am tired after the long walk.
Tiresome means annoying; tired is the word for feeling low in energy.
'Tiresome' का अर्थ झुंझलाने वाला है; ऊर्जा की कमी महसूस करने के लिए 'tired' शब्द आता है।
✗ The lecture was tiresome and I felt tiresome.
✓ The lecture was tiresome and I felt tired.
The cause is tiresome; the person's feeling is tired.
कारण 'tiresome' है; व्यक्ति की भावना 'tired' है।
✗ The tiresome of the long journey made us sleep early.
✓ The tiredness of the long journey made us sleep early.
Tiresome is an adjective; the noun for the state of being tired is tiredness.
'Tiresome' adjective है; थके होने की अवस्था के लिए noun 'tiredness' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives sound alike, but the cause and the feeling are different.
ये adjectives सुनने में मिलते-जुलते हैं, पर इनका कारण और अनुभव अलग है।
Annoying or boring because it continues or repeats too much.
बहुत चलते रहने या दोहराए जाने के कारण झुंझलाने वाला या उबाऊ।
- The tiresome paperwork took all afternoon.
Making you physically or mentally tired because it needs effort.
प्रयास माँगने के कारण शारीरिक या मानसिक रूप से थका देने वाला।
- Climbing the fort was a tiring task.
Feeling that you need rest; it describes the person, not the cause.
आराम की ज़रूरत महसूस करना; यह व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है, कारण का नहीं।
- Radhika was tired after the exam.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
tire·some
With the e of tire kept (not 'tiresom' or 'tiersome').
tire का e बना रहता है ('tiresom' या 'tiersome' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the family apart: tired (feeling a need to rest), tiring (making you tired: 'a tiring day'), tiresome (annoying and boring), tireless (never getting tired: 'a tireless worker').
परिवार को अलग रखिए: tired (आराम की ज़रूरत महसूस करने वाला), tiring (थकाने वाला: 'a tiring day'), tiresome (झुंझलाने वाला और उबाऊ), tireless (कभी न थकने वाला: 'a tireless worker')।