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Synonyms for TEDIOUS
ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəste·dious
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
tedious
Synonyms:
wearisome, tiresome, monotonous, dilatory, dreary, sluggish, irksome, dull, flat, prolixAntonyms:
interesting, exciting, stirring, charming, fascinating, delightful, amusing
Princeton's WordNet
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisomeadjective
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"
Synonyms:
dull, dim, windy, wearisome, wordy, dense, muted, boring, verbose, dumb, leaden, tedious, slow, sluggish, obtuse, deadening, tiresome, muffled, ho-hum, long-winded, irksome, thudding, softenedAntonyms:
interesting, conciselong-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordyadjective
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"
Synonyms:
dull, wearisome, windy, wordy, boring, verbose, blowy, tedious, slow, impractical, airy, tiresome, breezy, ho-hum, long-winded, irksome, visionary, deadeningAntonyms:
interesting, concise
Dictionary of English Synonymes
tediousadjective
Synonyms:
wearisome (in consequence of being prolonged), tiresome, operose, IRKSOME, fatiguing, uninteresting, too long, monotonous, humdrum, prosy, MORTAL, trying, devoid of interest
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
tediousadjective
Synonyms:
tiresome, wearisome, irksome, humdrum, monotonous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "tedious":
boring, dull, tiresome, cumbersome, annoying, long-winded, time-consuming, monotonous, laborious, burdensome
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#264 | long | |
#1766 | flat | |
#2901 | slow | |
#8356 | boring | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9416 | annoying | |
#9564 | dumb | |
#9770 | dense | |
#13293 | dull | |
#14678 | lengthy | |
#16762 | windy | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#20706 | tedious | |
#22081 | verbose | |
#23220 | airy | |
#24515 | breezy | |
#27419 | cumbersome | |
#29729 | impractical | |
#29806 | sluggish | |
#32570 | softened | |
#32598 | muted | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#38128 | burdensome | |
#48293 | monotonous | |
#48971 | tiresome | |
#49055 | muffled | |
#53660 | laborious | |
#56643 | obtuse | |
#70981 | wordy | |
#91829 | leaden | |
#107606 | deadening | |
#109623 | irksome | |
#129314 | wearisome | |
#162791 | dilatory | |
#172161 | prolix | |
#207170 | thudding |
How to use TEDIOUS in a sentence?
We’ve always said that if it gets tedious then we can just stop, but it hasn’t gotten boring yet.
I found it a bit tedious, all those additions and multiplications, so I reckoned,' We already have intelligent software, why not make it deal with maths ?'.
The days just prior to marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Translations for TEDIOUS
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- tediósCatalan, Valencian
- kedelig, trættende, trivielDanish
- mühsam, weitschweifig, ermüdend, lästig, langwierig, langweilig, nervtötendGerman
- tedaEsperanto
- tedioso, prolijoSpanish
- خسته کنندهPersian
- tylsä, pitkäveteinen, ikävä, hengetönFinnish
- laborieux, fastidieuxFrench
- leadránach, liostaIrish
- liostaScottish Gaelic
- unalmas, fárasztóHungarian
- հոգնեցուցիչ, տաղտկալի, ձանձրալիArmenian
- noioso, tedioso, palloso, fastidioso, soporiferoItalian
- monotoon, langdradig, saaiDutch
- traurig, kjedelig, ensformigNorwegian
- nużący, nudny, żmudnyPolish
- entediante, enfadonho, monótonoPortuguese
- утоми́тельный, ску́чный, ну́дныйRussian
- långtråkig, enformig, tjatigSwedish
- கடினமானTamil
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