• (a.) Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. • (a.) Weary; vexed; uneasy. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/irksome/
Irk'some adjective 1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks. « For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us.» Milton. 2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [ Ob... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/96