irksome

adj

Etymology: From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk + -some, or perhaps continuing (in altered form) from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”).

1. Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition

   “He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.”

   “The young Spaniard had been in many situations of greater difficulty, but in none more irksome.”