English-Thai Dictionary

tedious

ADJ น่าเบื่อหน่าย  tiresome wearisome na-buea-nai

 

tediously

ADV อย่าง น่าเบื่อหน่าย  yang-na-buea-nai

 

tediousness

N ความ น่าเบื่อหน่าย  ความ น่า เหนื่อยหน่าย  ความ จืดชืด  tedium dearth dullness kwam-na-buea-nai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEDIOUS

a.[L. toedium.] 1. Wearisome; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, or slowness which causes prolixity. We say, a man is tedious in relating a story; a minister is tedious in his sermon. We say also, a discourse is tedious, when it wearies by its length or dullness.
2. Slow; as a tedious course.

 

TEDIOUSLY

adv. In such a manner as to weary.

 

TEDIOUSNES

n.Wearisomeness by length of continuance or by prolixity; as the tediousness of an oration or argument. 1. Prolixity; length.
2. Tiresomeness; quality of wearying; as the tediousness of delay.
3. Slowness that wearies.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TEDIOUS

Te "di *ous, a. Etym: [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See Tedium. ]

 

Defn: Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- Te "di *ous *ly, adv. -- Te "di *ous *ness, n.I see a man's life is a tedious one. Shak. I would not be tedious to the court. Bunyan.

 

Syn. -- Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tedious

te di ous |ˈtēdēəs ˈtidiəs | ▶adjective too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous: a tedious journey. DERIVATIVES te di ous ly adverb, te di ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tedieus or late Latin taediosus, from Latin taedium (see tedium ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

tedious

te ¦di |ous |ˈtiːdɪəs | ▶adjective too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous: a tedious journey. DERIVATIVES tediously adverb, tediousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tedieus or late Latin taediosus, from Latin taedium (see tedium ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tedious

tedious adjective work on the assembly line was tedious: boring, dull, monotonous, repetitive, unrelieved, unvaried, uneventful; characterless, colorless, lifeless, insipid, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, flat, bland, dry, stale, tired, lackluster, stodgy, dreary, mundane, monochrome; mind-numbing, soul-destroying, wearisome, tiring, tiresome, irksome, trying, frustrating; informal deadly, not up to much, humdrum, ho-hum, blah, dullsville, 'same old, same old'. ANTONYMS exciting. WORD TOOLKIT See insipid . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tedious

tedious adjective the work was tedious and physically demanding: boring, monotonous, dull, deadly dull, uninteresting, unexciting, unvaried, unvarying, lacking variety, mind-numbing, mindless, soul-destroying, soulless, humdrum, dreary, ho-hum, mundane, wearisome, wearying, tiresome, soporific, dry, as dry as dust, arid, lifeless, colourless, monochrome, uninspired, uninspiring, flat, plodding, slow, banal, vapid, insipid, bland, lacklustre, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, pedestrian, jejune, leaden, heavy; long-drawn-out, overlong, long-winded, prolix, laborious, ponderous, endless, interminable; mechanical, routine; Scottish dreich; informal deadly, draggy; Brit. informal samey; N. Amer. informal dullsville. ANTONYMS exciting, interesting. WORD TOOLKIT tedious See insipid . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tedious

te di ous /tíːdiəs /形容詞 more ～; most ～〈仕事 状況などが 〉うんざりする [させる ], 退屈な ▸ a tedious job [task ]退屈な仕事 ▸ The interview was long and tedious .そのインタビューは長くてうんざりだった ～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞