Inanimate vs Irksome - What's the difference?
inanimate | irksome | Related terms |
Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object .
Not being, and never having been alive.
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(grammar) Not animate.
(obsolete) To animate.
Disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
Inanimate is a related term of irksome.
As adjectives the difference between inanimate and irksome
is that inanimate is lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object while irksome is disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.As a noun inanimate
is something that is not alive.As a verb inanimate
is (obsolete) to animate .inanimate
English
Adjective
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Antonyms
* (grammar) animateVerb
(inanimat)- (John Donne)
irksome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.
