OPEROSE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

operose

adjective

Definition of operose

as in wearisome

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Salieri, despite Bettany’s compelling performance, is a wearisome figure consumed by jealousy while clearly toiling under a storm of religious psychosis.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2026
The journey is less wearisome for self-mortifiers who never considered democracy (a word seldom spoken on the podcast) all that important in the first place.

— George Packer, The Atlantic, 4 May 2026

Definition of wearisome

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In recent years, there has been an increasingly tiresome requirement that football jerseys be, in some way, related to the past.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 July 2026
There are genuine laughs sprinkled in but too many elements land with a thud — including an excessive amount of comedic gore that grows tiresome and a mailman/narrator gag that just isn’t funny.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of tiresome

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An update for Claude subscribers adds a new way to teach its AI chatbot how to complete some of your most tedious workflows.

— James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026
Despite Clarity’s choppy obstacle course, the tedious and frustrating tradition of counting votes and lining up bipartisan yeahs, Member by Member, is a tactic the crypto industry has time to employ and perfect.

— Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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