If something is tedious, it's boring. If you're anxious to get outside and enjoy the sun, even the best lecture will seem tedious.
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.
Adjective S.
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"
Adjective S.
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";
a.
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity,
slowness, or the like; wearisome.
Tedious
I see a man's life is a tedious one.
I would not be tedious to the court.
Tedium
To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams.
The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling.
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.
Usage Examples
I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously I find that a very tedious attitude.
It got very tedious saying the same jokes in the same way with the same attitude.
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
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Other Usage ExamplesLife is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.
I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I don't believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but that's another story.
I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.
Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.
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