OPEROSE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

operose

adjective

Definition of operose

as in wearisome

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There are days, too, when the whole enterprise can seem wearisome, pointless, artificial.

— Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
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

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

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Ultimately, Amin sees AI less as a way to replace travelers than as a way to eliminate the tedious work that surrounds planning a trip.

— Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The officials of all stripes got out of the way and the stars were allowed to be stars, though the steady stream of half-court heaving got a little tedious before Theresa Witherspoon’s All-Stars beat Cynthia Cooper’s 129-121.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026

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