Tedious - Definition
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]