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Doltish vs Irksome - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between doltish and irksome

is that doltish is like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid while irksome is disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.

doltish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.
  • * (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
    • Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

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    Derived terms

    * doltishness

    irksome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
    • He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.

    Related terms

    * irk * irksomely * irksomeness

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