Tedious

  • 1Tedious — Te di*ous, a. [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See {Tedium}.] Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome. {Te di*ous*ly}, adv. {Te di*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] I see a man s life is a tedious one. Shak …

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  • 2tedious — (adj.) early 15c., from O.Fr. tedieus, from L.L. taediosus wearisome, irksome, tedious, from L. taedium (see TEDIUM (Cf. tedium)) …

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  • 3tedious — index jejune (dull), lifeless (dull), mundane, onerous, pedestrian, ponderous, prolix …

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  • 4tedious — *irksome, tiresome, wearisome, boring Analogous words: burdensome, *onerous, oppressive: fatiguing, exhausting, fagging, jading (see TIRE vb): *slow, dilatory, deliberate Antonyms: exciting …

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  • 5tedious — [adj] dull, monotonous annoying, arid, banal, boring, bromidic, drab, dragging, draggy*, dreary, drudging, dry, dull as dishwater*, dusty*, endless, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, ho hum*, humdrum, insipid, irksome, laborious, lifeless,… …

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  • 6tedious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ too long, slow, or dull. DERIVATIVES tediously adverb tediousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin taedium tedium , from taedere be weary of …

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  • 7tedious — [tē′dē əs; ] occas. [ tē′jəs] adj. [ME < LL taediosus] full of tedium; long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring tediously adv. tediousness n …

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  • 8tedious — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ Her visits were starting to get a little tedious. ▪ make sth …

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  • 9tedious — [[t]ti͟ːdiəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation as tedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating. Such lists are long and tedious to read. ...the tedious business of line by line programming. Syn:… …

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  • 10tedious — tediously, adv. tediousness, n. /tee dee euhs, tee jeuhs/, adj. 1. marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey. 2. wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker or writer; prolix. [1375 1425; late ME < ML&#8230; …

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