irksome

comparative more irksome · superlative most irksome

1. Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition

   He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.

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   The young Spaniard had been in many situations of greater difficulty, but in none more irksome.

   1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 235

   But winter can also be judged by the prominence of another scourge, one that is especially irksome in a city that places a premium on being well-groomed and immaculately coiffed: hat hair.

   2003 February 17, Elissa Gootman, “A Chill Most Bitter: Learning to Accept Hat Hair”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

   Like the irksome climate-change satire Don’t Look Up, directed by Succession executive producer Adam McKay, the exaggerated hijinks of Mountainhead reveal a deep self-assurance of its politics that border on smug.

   2025 June 2, Adrian Horton, “Tech-bro satire Mountainhead is an insufferable disappointment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms: bothersome, annoying, irritating, wearisome, tedious, drippy, drudgerous, longsome · Antonyms: pleasant, agreeable, enjoyable