wearisome Copy link Outline 1. ŏpĕrōsus (costing trouble)2. lăbōriōsus3. mŏlestus (annoying, entailing trouble which is grudged all the while)4. longus (tedious, long) • wearisome: 1. ŏpĕrōsus (costing trouble): a w. and troublesome task, labor operosus et molestus, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59. 2. lăbōriōsus: nothing will be more w. and troublesome than a province, nihil erit laboriosius molestiusque provincia, Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 19. 3. mŏlestus (annoying, entailing trouble which is grudged all the while): a troublesome and w. province, provincia negotiosa et molesta, Cic. Mur. 8, 18. 4. longus (tedious, long): not to make a w. tale, ne longum faciam, Hor. S. 1, 3, 137. Phr.: I find this w., taedet me (taedium me capit) hujus rei: Pl.: Ter.: Cic.