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- [tee-dee-uh s, tee-juh s]
- /ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs/
- /ˈtiː.di.əs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tee-dee-uh s, tee-juh s]
- /ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs/
Definitions of tedious word
- adjective tedious event: dull 1
- adjective tedious document: dull, monotonous 1
- adjective tedious marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey. 0
- adjective tedious wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker, a writer, or the work they produce; prolix. 0
- adjective tedious If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation as tedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating. 0
- adjective tedious causing fatigue or tedium; monotonous 0
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Origin of tedious
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin tēdiōsus, Late Latin taediōsus. See tedium, -ous
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Parts of speech for Tedious
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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tedious popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tedious usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tedious
adj tedious
- arid — Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- bland — If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
- boresome — boring or uninteresting
adjective tedious
- acroamatic — relating to oral communication
- alliterative — Alliterative means relating to or connected with alliteration.
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- deadly — If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
- drudging — Present participle of drudge.
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