Synonym: annoying, bothersome, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, trying, wearisome. Similar words: some, somehow, someone, winsome, awesome, handsome, noisome, ribosome. Meaning: ['ɜrksəm /'ɜːk-] 
adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. 31. She desired a fixed occupation - no matter how onerous, how irksome.
32. Indeed, the call to do so is often felt as irksome and joy - killing.
More similar words: some, somehow, someone, winsome, awesome, handsome, noisome, ribosome, somebody, gruesome, toilsome, sometime, tiresome, somewhere, somewhat, something, loathsome, handsomely, sometimes, cumbersome, nettlesome, frolicsome, somersault, meddlesome, troublesome, quarrelsome, something of, to some extent, something else, something like.