Definitions

tedious

[tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs] / ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs /

ADJECTIVE

dull, monotonous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annoying banal boring dreary endless exhausting humdrum laborious tiresome tiring uninteresting

WEAK

arid bromidic drab dragging draggy drudging dry dull as dishwater dusty enervating fatiguing ho-hum insipid irksome lifeless long-drawn-out mortal pabulum poky prosaic prosy slow snooze soporific unexciting vapid weariful wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy eventful exciting facile interesting pleasant

WEAK

entertaining

Example Sentences

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I’ve always been drawn to activities that many people find tedious.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Too much of the program is made up of tedious movies by beloved Cannes veterans — essentially affirmative action for auteurs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

There was a solid stretch in the first half of Federer’s career in which his dominance was so overwhelming, it was seen as tedious, even “bad” for tennis.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The ordeal eventually led Ms. Müller to emigrate to West Berlin in 1987, a bureaucratic torment that she describes here in deliberately tedious detail, to mirror the experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Ascending Everest is a long, tedious process, more like a mammoth construction project than climbing as I’d previously known it.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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