tedious

Meaning

Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.

Synonyms

boring

dull

tiresome

wearisome

monotonous

irksome

slow

long-winded

verbose

uninteresting

wordy

difficult

drab

dreary

troublesome

sluggish

tiring

ho-hum

bothersome

deadening

stodgy

lengthy

long

windy

hard

annoying

be monotonous

humdrum

wearsome

prolix

prosaic

being fed up with

tire of

operose

prosaical

cookie-cutter

unstimulating

longspun

abhorrent

snoozy

bore

bored

bothering

deary

deliberate

disgusting

drawn-out

fade

heavy

inconvenient

insipid

intolerable

irritating

leisurely

lifeless

oppressive

overlong

painful

pedestrian

prosy

repugnant

severe

sickening

sick of

unbearable

weariful

wearing

weary

😩

weary of

worrying

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtiː.dɪəs/

Etymology

English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).