Definitions for: Tedious


[adj] 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"
[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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, long-winded, prolix, slow, tiresome, uninteresting, verbose, wearisome, windy, wordy

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