Adelbert von Chamisso

After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.

German Poet

James Payn

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand.

English Novelist

William Tyndale

My overcoat is worn out; my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening; it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark.

English Clergyman

Emma Donoghue

Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer.

Irish Playwright

Pierre Loti

It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man.

French Writer

Use 'wearisome' to describe tasks or activities that are dull and tiring. Not for people directly.

Context Matters

'Wearisome' is best for situations that stretch over time and drain energy or enthusiasm.

Extended Periods

'Wearisome' can reflect a feeling of mental fatigue and frustration with the monotony.

Emotional Tone

 "as toilsome reading as I ever undertook; a wearisome, confused jumble." Part of the problem, I think, is that we imagine that the Koran can be read as we usually read a book -- as though we can curl up with it on a rainy afternoon