as in annoying
causing annoyance
the irksome habit of leaving all the kitchen cabinet doors open
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Recent Examples of irksome
What's irksome now could get patched, and what's already there is intriguing, especially for the price.
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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
Example Of Time Wasted Keep in mind that besides the time involved, which can be irksome to users who are eagerly waiting for a result, the processing cycles are costing someone something somewhere.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
What's irksome now could get patched, and what's already there is intriguing, especially for the price.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
Example Of Time Wasted Keep in mind that besides the time involved, which can be irksome to users who are eagerly waiting for a result, the processing cycles are costing someone something somewhere.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
Example Of Time Wasted Keep in mind that besides the time involved, which can be irksome to users who are eagerly waiting for a result, the processing cycles are costing someone something somewhere.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
What's irksome now could get patched, and what's already there is intriguing, especially for the price.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
Example Of Time Wasted Keep in mind that besides the time involved, which can be irksome to users who are eagerly waiting for a result, the processing cycles are costing someone something somewhere.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irksome
Adjective
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But if Hereditary and Midsommar got under the skin with genuinely scary storytelling and startling imagery and Beau is Afraid was equal parts squirmy and maddening, Eddington is just annoying and empty.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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This is Palace’s’ Comments R Rob M. · 6h 41m ago Listened to the pod (with the annoying ads but that's been flagged on the pod comments).—
The Athletic FC Podcast,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Cleveland head coach Kenny Atkinson spoke about the frustrating Game 2 loss, revealing a big regret that led to the defeat.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Technical glitches and changing rules are frustrating borrowers trying to plan.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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For some people, double cleansing may be too irritating.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
15 May 2025
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Not just the threat-of-extinction stuff, which includes Bassett’s POTUS debating which American city to blow up as a preemptive gesture, but by its own irritating God’s-eye omniscience that rarely allows the suspense to spool out in the present.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Proponents have long invoked civil rights language to promote vouchers, a disturbing rhetorical choice given vouchers originated as a tool for southern white parents to avoid the Supreme Court's desegregation order in Brown v. Board of Education.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Actress Isabella Rossellini reflects on the film’s disturbing material and autobiographical elements while resisting reductive interpretations.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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“Irksome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irksome. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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