tedious
UK/ˈtiː.dɪəs//ˈti.di.əs/
tedious adjective: boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
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Adjective
tedious (comparative more tedious, superlative most tedious)
- Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
- But in the mean time […] it looks all ſo like ſubterfuge and inveagling; it is ſo nauſeating and teadious a task, that no man thinks he ovvs the Author ſo much ſervice as to find out the reaſon of his ovvn Categoricalneſs for him.1672, [Andrew Marvell], The Rehearsal Transpros’d: Or, Animadversions upon a Late Book, Entituled, A Preface, Shewing what Grounds there are of Fears and Jealousies of Popery, London: [s.n.], →OCLC...
- However, upon a ſtrict Review, I blotted out ſeveral Paſſages of leſs Moment which were in my firſt Copy, for fear of being cenſured as tedious and trifling, whereof Travellers are often, perhaps not without Juſtice, accuſed.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Great Storm Described, the Long-Boat Sent to Fetch Water, the Author Goes with It to Discover the Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the...
- Synonyms:
- boring, monotonous, dreary, tiresome, mind-numbing, drippy, drudgerous, irksome, longsome, torporific
- Antonyms:
- engaging, interesting, exciting, stimulating
tedious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
tedious in Tamil
- உளச் சோர்வூட்டுகிற, சலிப்பூட்டுகிற, சோர்வூட்டுகிற
tedious in Urdu
- اجیرن, گراں, شاق
tedious in Bengali
- বিরক্তিকর, ক্লান্তিকর
tedious in Malayalam
- മുഷിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, മടുപ്പുവരുത്തുന്ന, വിരസമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- tedious in Kannada
- ಬೇಸರಗೊಳಿಸುವ, ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿಯಾಗುವಷ್ಟು ದೀರ್ಘವಾದ, ಚಿಟ್ಟು ಹಿಡಿಸುವ, ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿಯ
- tedious in Gujarati
- કંટાળાજનક
Examples of tedious in a sentence
- John Gilpin's ſpouse ſaid to her dear, / Though wedded we have been / Theſe twice ten tedious years, yet we / No holiday have ſeen.1782, William Cowper, “The Diverting History of John Gilpin, […]”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], published...
- The best work may, therefore, be tedious subjectively, tedious, I mean, to this or that particular person; […]1891, Arthur Schopenhauer, “On Style”, in T[homas] Bailey Saunders, transl., The Art of Literature: A Series of Essays … Selected and...
Synonyms of tedious
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Forms of tedious
| comparative | more tedious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tedious |
| alternative form (archaic) | tædious |
| alternative form (obsolete) | teedyus |
Origin of tedious
English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).
Words formed from tedious
Words that rhyme with tedious
Questions about tedious
- What does tedious mean?
- Tedious means boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
- What is tedious in Tamil?
- Tedious in Tamil is உளச் சோர்வூட்டுகிற, சலிப்பூட்டுகிற, சோர்வூட்டுகிற. See Tedious meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use tedious in a sentence?
- John Gilpin's ſpouse ſaid to her dear, / Though wedded we have been / Theſe twice ten tedious years, yet we / No holiday have ſeen.
- What part of speech is tedious?
- Tedious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tedious?
- Tedious is pronounced /ˈtiː.dɪəs/ (UK).
Words near tedious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tedious (page history and authors); tedious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tedious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tedious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tedious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tedious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tedious (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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