English → Latin
“irksome” in Latin
afferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,odiōsushateful, odious, vexatious, offensive, unpleasant, disagreeable, annoying, troublesomemolestustroublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresomeoperōsuspainstaking; active, busy, industrious; laboriouslabōriōsuslaborious, toilsome, demanding; industrious, hard-working
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
irksome
fastidium creans or afferens (producing disgust, etc.): quod taedium affert: taedium afferens (causing weariness, etc., Liv.): odiosus (hateful, etc.; of persons and things): molestus (fell as annoying, vexatious, etc.): operosus: laboriosus (laborious). (The words are found in this connection and order.) operosus ac molestus (e.g., labor, Cic.): odiosus ac molestus (Cic.): laboriosus molestusque (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for irksome?
- The usual Latin words for “irksome” are afferō, odiōsus, molestus; also operōsus, labōriōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.