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tedious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tedious \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tedious adj 1: 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" [syn: {boring}, {deadening}, {dull}, {ho-hum}, {irksome}, {slow}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}] 2: 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" [syn: {long-winded}, {verbose}, {windy}, {wordy}]
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