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Definition of Tedious
1. Adjective. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. "Other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
Exact synonyms: Boring, Deadening, Dull, Ho-hum, Irksome, Slow, Tiresome, Wearisome
Similar to: Uninteresting
Derivative terms: Boringness, Dullness, Tediousness, Tedium, Tedium, Tiresomeness
Similar to: Uninteresting
Derivative terms: Boringness, Dullness, Tediousness, Tedium, Tedium, Tiresomeness
2. Adjective. Using or containing too many words. "Proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
Exact synonyms: Long-winded, Verbose, Windy, Wordy
Similar to: Prolix
Derivative terms: Long-windedness, Tediousness, Verboseness, Verbosity, Wind, Windiness, Wordiness
Similar to: Prolix
Derivative terms: Long-windedness, Tediousness, Verboseness, Verbosity, Wind, Windiness, Wordiness
Definition of Tedious
1. a. Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.
Definition of Tedious
1. Adjective. Boring, monotonous, time consuming, wearisome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tedious
1. causing weariness [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tedious
Literary usage of Tedious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"I would not be tedious to the court . Yet, if need be, when the other gentlemen
have given in their evidence, rather than anything shall be wanting that ..."
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