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1. (adj.) tedious
marked by tedium; long and tiresome.
2. tedious
tiresomely wordy, as a speaker or writer.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < LL taediōsus)
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1. (adj) boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
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"
2. (adj) long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy
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"
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1. (adjective) tedious
very boring
the tedious task of cleaning out his desk
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1. (adj) tedious
involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome
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Sense: boring and continuing for a long time
a tedious speech/speaker.
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 Afrikaans: vervelig |
 Arabic: مُمِل، مُضْجِر |
 Bulgarian: скучен |
 Brazilian: cansativo |
 Czech: suchopárný |
 German: langweilig |
 Danish: enerverende |
 Greek: βαρετός |
 Spanish: tedioso, aburrido |
 Estonian: tüütu, üksluine |
 Farsi: خسته کننده |
 Finnish: ikävystyttävä |
 French: ennuyeux |
 Hebrew: מְייַגֵע |
 Hindi: थकाऊ |
 Croatian: dosadan, zamoran |
 Hungarian: unalmas |
 Indonesian: membosankan |
 Icelandic: leiðinlegur |
 Italian: tedioso, noioso |
 Japanese: 退屈な |
 Korean: 지루한 |
 Lithuanian: (ilgas ir) nuobodus |
 Latvian: garlaicīgs; apnicīgs |
 Malay: menjemukan |
 Dutch: vervelend |
 Norwegian: trettende, kjedsommelig |
 Polish: męczący, nużący |
 Portuguese: cansativo |
 Romanian: plictisitor |
 Russian: утомительный |
 Slovak: nudný, únavný |
 Slovenian: dolgočasen |
 Serbian: zamoran |
 Swedish: långtråkig |
 Thai: น่าเบื่อหน่าย |
 Turkish: sıkıcı |
 Taiwanese: 冗長的, 單調乏味的 |
 Ukrainian: нудний, стомливий |
 Urdu: گراں، اکتا دينے والا |
 Vietnamese: chán ngắt |
 Chinese: 冗长的，单调乏味的 |
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