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TEDIOUS
tedious, long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy
(adjective) 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”
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tedious (comparative more tedious, superlative most tedious)
Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome.
Synonym: Thesaurus:wearisome
Anagrams
• Outside, dies out, outside, side out, sudoite
Source: Wiktionary
Te"di*ous, a. Etym: [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See Tedium.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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