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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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, tedious, 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, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         I see a man's life is a tedious one.     --Shak.
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         I would not be tedious to the court.     --Bunyan.
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   Syn: Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.
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Thesaurus Results for Tedious:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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