tedious

CEFRB2

/ˈtiː.dɪəs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Boring because it is long, repetitive, or tiring.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.

Examples

  • The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.

  • The long wait at the airport was tedious.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈti.di.əs/

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In context

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • John Gilpin's ſpouse ſaid to her dear, / Though wedded we have been / Theſe twice ten tedious years, yet we / No holiday have ſeen.

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Origin

adjective

English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).