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English Dictionary: tedious |
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2 results for tedious |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- tedious
- adj
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
Synonym(s): boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
- using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
Synonym(s): long- winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Tedious \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.
I see a man's life is a tedious one. --Shak.
I would not be tedious to the court. --Bunyan.
Syn: Wearisome; fatiguing. See {Irksome}.
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