"tedious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtiː.dɪəs/ [UK], /ˈti.di.əs/ [US], /ˈti.d͡ʒəs/ [US] Audio: En-us-tedious.ogg [US], en-au-tedious.ogg [Australia] 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. 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 (hognecʿucʿičʿ) (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), 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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      "expansion": "tedious (comparative more tedious, superlative most tedious)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tedium"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Late Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms suffixed with -ous",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Rhymes:English/iːdiəs",
        "Rhymes:English/iːdiəs/3 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1891, Arthur Schopenhauer, “On Style”, in T[homas] Bailey Saunders, transl., The Art of Literature: A Series of Essays … Selected and Translated with a Preface (Schopenhauer Series; 4), New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Co.; London: Swan Sonnenschien & Co., Lim., →OCLC, pages 24–25 and 26",
          "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; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Boring",
          "boring#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "monotonous",
          "monotonous"
        ],
        [
          "time-consuming",
          "time-consuming"
        ],
        [
          "wearisome",
          "wearisome"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wearisome"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Francesco Brunery"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiː.dɪəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.di.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.d͡ʒəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːdiəs"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/En-us-tedious.ogg/En-us-tedious.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/En-us-tedious.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-tedious.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/En-au-tedious.ogg/En-au-tedious.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/En-au-tedious.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "tædious"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "teedyus"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "janjrali",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "ձանձրալի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "taġtkali",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "տաղտկալի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hognecʿucʿičʿ",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "հոգնեցուցիչ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "cansıxıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "bezikdirici"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "usandırıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "yorucu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skučen",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "скучен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ednoobrazen",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "еднообразен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "tediós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fáwèi",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "乏味"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nudný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otravný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nezáživný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "vlekoucí se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "fádní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suchopárný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "únavný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "kedelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "trættende"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "triviel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "saai"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "langdradig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "monotoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "teda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "pitkäveteinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "ikävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "tylsä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "hengetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fastidieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laborieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "ermüdend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "langweilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "langwierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "lästig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "mühsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "nervtötend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "weitschweifig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "unalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "fárasztó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "liosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "leadránach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "noioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "tedioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "fastidioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "palloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soporifero"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たいくつな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taikutsu-na",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "退屈な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "taediōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "takeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "hongeā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "hongehongeā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "hokehokeā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "whakahōhā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "ensformig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "langtekkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "kjedelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "traurig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "einsformig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "kjedeleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "tediós"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "nużący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "nudny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "żmudny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "entediante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "enfadonho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "monótono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "núdnyj",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "ну́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skúčnyj",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "ску́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utomítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "boring, monotonous",
      "word": "утоми́тельный"
    },
    {
      "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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