Definition for Irksome:

• Tedious; tiresome.

Synonyms for Irksome:

• adj.

  •aggravating (adjective)
  • infuriating,
  • exacerbating,
  • inflaming,
  • Rankling,
  • antagonizing,
  • Bedeviling,
  • Enraging.
  •bad (adjective)
  • unpleasant.
  •boring (adjective)
  • drab.
  •hard (adjective)
  • Operose.
  •nerve-racking (adjective)
  • stressful.
  •painful (adjective)
  • grievous,
  • unbearable,
  • cruel,
  • bitter,
  • offensive,
  • miserable,
  • excruciating,
  • stinging,
  • distressful,
  • harrowing,
  • piercing,
  • severe,
  • aching,
  • woeful,
  • biting,
  • uncomfortable,
  • insufferable,
  • smarting,
  • odious,
  • horrendous,
  • stabbing,
  • torturing,
  • Cramping,
  • withering,
  • cutting,
  • disagreeable,
  • Gnawing,
  • agonizing,
  • anguishing,
  • arduous,
  • acute,
  • throbbing,
  • hurtful,
  • wrenching,
  • sore.

• n.

  •
  • obscene,
  • pathetic.
  •
  • pain.
  •
  • excite,
  • weary,
  • stuffy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • difficult,
  • nettlesome.
  •
  • humdrum,
  • plaguy.
  •
  • dreary,
  • monotonous.
  •
  • dry.
  •awkward
  • embarrassing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • harsh,
  • Scampish,
  • invidious,
  • inopportune,
  • Riling,
  • devilish,
  • Disrupting,
  • laborious,
  • disgusting,
  • perplexing,
  • Angering,
  • nuisance,
  • prosy,
  • infliction,
  • maddening,
  • dense,
  • awkward,
  • puckish,
  • knotty,
  • demanding,
  • somniferous,
  • horrid,
  • aggravator,
  • soporific,
  • pest,
  • thudding,
  • dim,
  • distressing,
  • draining,
  • roguish,
  • repellent,
  • muffled,
  • afflictive,
  • nerve-wracking,
  • untimely,
  • dark,
  • fuss,
  • not easy,
  • botheration,
  • hassle,
  • heartbreaking,
  • peeving,
  • outrageous,
  • sly,
  • raucous,
  • unharmonious,
  • gray,
  • mortal,
  • puzzling,
  • prolix,
  • grey,
  • formidable,
  • niggling,
  • baffling,
  • trouble,
  • frustrating,
  • dissonant,
  • prosaic,
  • softened,
  • muted,
  • flat,
  • toilsome,
  • repulsive,
  • ill timed,
  • wicked,
  • dispiriting,
  • thick,
  • incensing,
  • distasteful,
  • repugnant,
  • inconvenience,
  • nauseating,
  • unaccommodating,
  • plague,
  • arid,
  • mortifying,
  • inconvenient,
  • disturbance,
  • unlovable,
  • pesty,
  • painfulness,
  • discordant,
  • Prosing,
  • challenging,
  • provocative,
  • mischief,
  • obnoxious,
  • irritation,
  • harassment,
  • bald,
  • devoid of interest,
  • weighty,
  • inexpedient,
  • abominable,
  • mystifying,
  • unwieldy,
  • jarring,
  • long-winded,
  • displeasing,
  • gruelling,
  • mischievous,
  • inappropriate,
  • abrasive,
  • chafe,
  • hostile,
  • impish,
  • wounding,
  • irritant,
  • stodgy,
  • windy,
  • rebarbative,
  • naughty,
  • leaden,
  • wordy,
  • abhorrent,
  • obtuse,
  • annoyance,
  • disadvantageous,
  • cumbersome,
  • sluggish,
  • disquieting,
  • dumb,
  • verbose,
  • taxing,
  • strident,
  • humiliating.

Paraphrases for Irksome:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    irritant.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    irritating, galling, annoying, vexing.

Antonyms for Irksome:

• adj.

  • annoying
    helpful.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    interesting.

Homophones for Irksome:

• iroquoian, iresine, irishwoman, irishman.