tedious
Adjective Satellite
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain
- "tedious days on the train"
- using or containing too many words
Adj
- Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
Adjective
- Long, tiresome, and boring.
Examples
- Waiting for my Words With Friends opponent to make their move can be quite TEDIOUS.
Origin / Etymology
English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).
Synonyms
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, long-winded, slow, tiresome, verbose, wearisome, windy, wordy, drudgerous, longsome, monotonous, tedious, torporific, wearing
Scrabble Score: 8
tedious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtedious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tedious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary