different between tiresome vs lifeless

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English lyfles, lifles, from Old English l?fl?as (“lifeless”), equivalent to life +? -less. Cognate with West Frisian libbensleas (“lifeless”), Dutch levenloos (“lifeless”), German leblos (“lifeless”), Danish livløs (“lifeless”), Swedish livlös (“lifeless”), Icelandic líflaus (“lifeless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?fl?s/
• Hyphenation: life?less

Adjective

lifeless (comparative more lifeless, superlative most lifeless)

1. inanimate; having no life
2. dead; having lost life
3. uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
4. dull or lacking vitality

Derived terms

• lifelessly
• lifelessness

Translations

Anagrams

• fileless, self-lies