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Mirksome vs Irksome - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between mirksome and irksome

is that mirksome is (label) dark; gloomy; murky while irksome is disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.

mirksome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (label) Dark; gloomy; murky.
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XIII, v:
  • *:And there, in silence deaf and mirksome shade, / His characters and circles vain he made.
  • :(Spenser)

    • Related terms

    * mirksomeness (Webster 1913)

    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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