OPEROSE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

operose

adjective

Definition of operose

as in wearisome

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Borges may not be able to see the scenery, but delights in every scrap of local color, to a degree that the American — tasked with describing everything to his elder, in suitably lyrical terms — finds quite wearisome.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
But even the distinctive look becomes wearisome after not too long.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of wearisome

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And no doubt that sequence continues to inform the tiresome topic more than a year later.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
The pre-selection debates about three- or four-loss SEC squads and some team no one actually watches will prove incredibly tiresome, too.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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In addition to filling in Balaban’s gaps with a tedious litany of mathematical steps, the agents also made some genuine innovations.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Running the same prompt through ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude one at a time is tedious.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026

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