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tedious |
Grep of noun tedious tediousness Overview of adj tedious The adj tedious has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) 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. 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") Antonyms of adj tedious 2 senses of tedious Sense 1 boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome INDIRECT (VIA uninteresting) -> interesting Sense 2 long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy INDIRECT (VIA prolix) -> concise Similarity of adj tedious 2 senses of tedious Sense 1 boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome => uninteresting (vs. interesting) Sense 2 long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy => prolix (vs. concise) Attributes of adj tedious Familiarity of adj tedious tedious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj tedious tedious Overview of adj tedious The adj tedious has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) 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. 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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