different between disgusting vs tiresome

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?st??/, /d?s???st??/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /d?s???st??/
• Hyphenation: dis?gust?ing

Adjective

disgusting (comparative disgustinger or more disgusting, superlative disgustingest or most disgusting)

1. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

   Synonyms: distasteful, gro, grody, grotty, repulsive; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant

   • 1975 December 10, P.J. Bednarski, "Tis the season to be risque in TV spots" in The Dayton Journal Herald

     But it is much more sensible and much more fun and much more disgusting to assume that the English Leather woman is really saying "All my men wear English leather or nothing at all.".

Translations

Verb

disgusting

1. present participle of disgust

English

Etymology

tire +? -some

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ta??s?m/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ta??s?m/
• Hyphenation: tire?some

Adjective

tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)

1. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

   Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

Synonyms

• (causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting
• See also Thesaurus:wearisome

Antonyms

• (causing fatigue or boredom): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting

Derived terms

• tiresomeness

Translations

Anagrams

• Timorese, mroseite, romeites