tedious
11tedious — te|di|ous [ˈti:diəs] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Late Latin; Origin: taediosus, from Latin taedium, from taedere to disgust, make tired ] something that is tedious continues for a long time and is not interesting = ↑boring ▪ The work was tiring and… …
12tedious — /ˈtidiəs / (say teedeeuhs) adjective 1. marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey. 2. prolix so as to cause weariness, as a speaker. {Middle English, from Late Latin taediōsus} –tediously, adverb –tediousness, noun …
13tedious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin taediosus, from Latin taedium Date: 15th century tiresome because of length or dullness ; boring < a tedious public ceremony > • tediously adverb • tediousness noun …
14tedious — te|di|ous [ tidiəs ] adjective boring and continuing for too long: a tedious job ╾ te|di|ous|ly adverb ╾ te|di|ous|ness noun uncount …
15tedious — adjective boring, tiring, and continuing for a long time: a tedious lecture tediously adverb tediousness noun (U) …
16tedious — adjective work on the assembly line was tedious Syn: boring, dull, monotonous, repetitive, unrelieved, unvaried, uneventful; characterless, colorless, lifeless, insipid, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, flat, bland, dry, stale …
17tedious — UK [ˈtiːdɪəs] / US [ˈtɪdɪəs] adjective boring and continuing for too long a tedious job Derived words: tediously adverb tediousness noun uncountable …
18tedious — adjective /ˈtiː.dɪəs,ˈti.di.əs,ˈti.dʒəs/ Boring, monotonous, time consuming, wearisome. See Also: tedium, TED …
19tedious — Synonyms and related words: alliterating, alliterative, arid, assonant, automatic, banal, barren, belabored, betwixt and between, blah, blank, bloodless, boresome, boring, broken record, bromidic, changeless, chanting, characterless, chiming,… …
20tedious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wearisome, wearing, dry, dry as dust, boring, tiresome, irksome, dull, monotonous, prosy, uninteresting. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. slow, wearisome, tiresome; see dull 4 . III (Roget …
