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SOME Adjective Suffix

The document provides definitions for a number of adjective suffixes that describe things as frightening, unpleasant, annoying, or problematic including awesome, fearsome, gruesome, irksome, loathsome, meddlesome, quarrelsome, troublesome, tiresome, and wearisome.

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SOME Adjective Suffix

The document provides definitions for a number of adjective suffixes that describe things as frightening, unpleasant, annoying, or problematic including awesome, fearsome, gruesome, irksome, loathsome, meddlesome, quarrelsome, troublesome, tiresome, and wearisome.

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- adjective suffix

ccharacterized by a (specified) thing, quality, state, or action


causing feelings of great causing difficulties or work:
admiration, respect, or fear: A burdensome task.
An awesome task lies ahead of them. These charges are particularly
extremely good: burdensome for poor parents.
You look totally awesome in that dress.
Awesome scenery.
frightening: extremely unpleasant and
He has a fearsome reputation as a shocking, and usually dealing with death or
fighter. injury:
A fearsome display of violence. The newspaper article included a
gruesome description of the murder.
(formal) : annoying causing hatred or disgust;
The vibration can become irksome after repulsive.
a while. He's a loathsome man.
Petty regulations were becoming very In any circumstances, such an attack would
irksome. be loathsome.
: often getting involved in very unpleasant and offensive
situations where you are not wanted, A noisome stench.
especially by criticizing in a damaging or His noisome reputation for corruption had
annoying way already begun to spread.
A meddlesome old woman.
a quarrelsome person annoying and making you lose
repeatedly argues with other people. patience:
When he drinks too much he becomes I find it very tiresome doing the same job
moody and quarrelsome. day after day.
He has the tiresome habit of finishing your
sentences for you.
causing a lot of problems causing a person to be tired
for someone: and/or bored:
Her hip has been troublesome for quite a Simple repetitive tasks can be very
while, and she'll probably need surgery wearisome.
on it. I was beginning to find her endless chatter
The negotiations have proven more very wearisome.
troublesome than any of us expected.

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