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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtiː.dɪəs/ [UK], /ˈti.di.əs/ [US], /ˈti.d͡ʒəs/ [US] Audio: En-us-tedious.ogg , en-au-tedious.ogg Forms: more tedious [comparative], most tedious [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːdiəs Etymology: English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|tedium|ous|alt1=tedi(um)}} tedi(um) + -ous, {{uder|en|fro|tedieus|}} Old French tedieus, {{uder|en|LL.|taediōsus}} Late Latin taediōsus, {{uder|en|la|taedium||weariness, tedium}} Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} tedious (comparative more tedious, superlative most tedious)
  1. Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong. Wikipedia link: Francesco Brunery Synonyms: wearisome, tædious [archaic], teedyus [obsolete] Derived forms: tediously, tediousness Related terms: tedium Translations (boring, monotonous): ձանձրալի (janjrali) (Armenian), տաղտկալի (taġtkali) (Armenian), հոգնեցուցիչ (hognecʻucʻičʻ) (Armenian), cansıxıcı (Azerbaijani), bezikdirici (Azerbaijani), usandırıcı (Azerbaijani), yorucu (Azerbaijani), скучен (skučen) (Bulgarian), еднообразен (ednoobrazen) (Bulgarian), tediós (Catalan), 乏味 (fáwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), nudný [masculine] (Czech), otravný [masculine] (Czech), nezáživný [masculine] (Czech), vlekoucí se (Czech), fádní (Czech), suchopárný [masculine] (Czech), únavný [masculine] (Czech), kedelig (Danish), trættende (Danish), triviel (Danish), saai (Dutch), langdradig (Dutch), monotoon (Dutch), teda (Esperanto), pitkäveteinen (Finnish), ikävä (Finnish), tylsä (Finnish), hengetön (Finnish), fastidieux [masculine] (French), laborieux [masculine] (French), ermüdend (German), langweilig (German), langwierig (German), lästig (German), mühsam (German), nervtötend (German), weitschweifig (German), unalmas (Hungarian), fárasztó (Hungarian), liosta (Irish), leadránach (Irish), noioso (Italian), tedioso (Italian), fastidioso (Italian), palloso (Italian), soporifero [masculine] (Italian), 退屈な (taikutsu-na) (alt: たいくつな) (Japanese), taediōsus (Latin), takeo (Maori), hongeā (Maori), hongehongeā (Maori), hokehokeā (Maori), whakahōhā (Maori), ensformig (Norwegian Bokmål), langtekkelig (Norwegian Bokmål), kjedelig (Norwegian Bokmål), traurig (Norwegian Bokmål), einsformig (Norwegian Nynorsk), kjedeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), tediós (Occitan), æþryt (Old English), nużący (Polish), nudny (Polish), żmudny (Polish), entediante (Portuguese), enfadonho (Portuguese), monótono (Portuguese), ну́дный (núdnyj) (Russian), ску́чный (skúčnyj) (Russian), утоми́тельный (utomítelʹnyj) (Russian), liosta (Scottish Gaelic), tedioso (Spanish), prolijo (Spanish), långtråkig (Swedish), tjatig (Swedish), enformig (Swedish), нудний (nudnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), стомливий (stomlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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          "word": "乏味"
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          "sense": "boring, monotonous",
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          "word": "nezáživný"
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          "sense": "boring, monotonous",
          "word": "vlekoucí se"
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          "sense": "boring, monotonous",
          "word": "fádní"
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          "sense": "boring, monotonous",
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          "sense": "boring, monotonous",
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          "word": "únavný"
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          "sense": "boring, monotonous",
          "word": "kedelig"
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          "sense": "boring, monotonous",
          "word": "trættende"
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          "word": "langdradig"
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          "sense": "boring, monotonous",
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          "word": "ikävä"
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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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          "text": "[pages 24–25] The very fact that these commonplace authors are never more than half-conscious when they write, would be enough to account for their dulness of mind and the tedious things they produce. […] [page 26] The other kind of tediousness is only relative: a reader may find a work dull because he has no interest in the question treated of in it, and this means that his intellect is restricted. The best work may, therefore, be tedious subjectively, tedious, I mean, to this or that particular person; […]",
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      "word": "æþryt"
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      "word": "entediante"
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      "word": "enfadonho"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "liosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "tedioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "prolijo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "långtråkig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "tjatig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "enformig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nudnyj",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нудний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stomlyvyj",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стомливий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tedious"
}

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