The long wait at the airport was tedious.
Source: tatoeba (18217)
Tedious
//ˈti.di.əs//
Synonyms for "tedious" (202 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (101)
low-spiritedmechanicalmediocremediummiddlingmoderatemodestmonotonemonotonousmortalmundanenamby pambynamby-pambyof a kindof a sortof sortspalepallidpassablepedestrian
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ploddingpointlesspokyponderousprolixprolongedprosaicprosyrepetitiousrepetitiverespectablerhymedrhymingroutinesamesamelysingsongslowso soso-sosolemnsoporificspiritlesssterilestiffstodgystuffystupidsuperficialtametastelesstaxingthreadbaretiresometiringtolerabletreadmillunchangingunendinguneventfulunexcitinguninterestingunlivelyunrelievedunvaryingvapidwearifulwearinesswearingwearisomewearyingwishy washywishy-washywooden
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 29 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- հոգնեցուցիչ adj (boring, monotonous)
- ձանձրալի adj (boring, monotonous)
- տաղտկալի adj (boring, monotonous)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- bezikdirici adj (boring, monotonous)
- cansıxıcı adj (boring, monotonous)
- usandırıcı adj (boring, monotonous)
- yorucu adj (boring, monotonous)
Bulgarian
2 entries- еднообразен adj (boring, monotonous)
- скучен adj (boring, monotonous)
Catalan
1 entries- tediós adj (boring, monotonous)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 乏味 adj (boring, monotonous)
- 枯燥 adj (boring, monotonous)
- 繁瑣 /繁琐 adj (boring, monotonous)
Czech
4 entries- fádní adj (boring, monotonous)
- nezáživný adj (boring, monotonous)
- nudný adj (boring, monotonous)
- otravný adj (boring, monotonous)
Danish
3 entries- kedelig adj (boring, monotonous)
- triviel adj (boring, monotonous)
- trættende adj (boring, monotonous)
Dutch
3 entries- langdradig adj (boring, monotonous)
- monotoon adj (boring, monotonous)
- saai adj (boring, monotonous)
Esperanto
1 entries- teda adj (boring, monotonous)
Finnish
4 entries- hengetön adj (boring, monotonous)
- ikävä adj (boring, monotonous)
- pitkäveteinen adj (boring, monotonous)
- tylsä adj (boring, monotonous)
French
2 entries- fastidieux adj (boring, monotonous)
- laborieux adj (boring, monotonous)
German
4 entries- ermüdend adj (boring, monotonous)
- langweilig adj (boring, monotonous)
- langwierig adj (boring, monotonous)
- lästig adj (boring, monotonous)
Hungarian
2 entries- fárasztó adj (boring, monotonous)
- unalmas adj (boring, monotonous)
Irish
2 entries- leadránach adj (boring, monotonous)
- liosta adj (boring, monotonous)
Italian
4 entries- fastidioso adj (boring, monotonous)
- noioso adj (boring, monotonous)
- palloso adj (boring, monotonous)
- soporifero adj (boring, monotonous)
Japanese
1 entries- 退屈な adj (boring, monotonous)
Latin
1 entries- taediōsus adj (boring, monotonous)
Māori
4 entries- hokehokeā adj (boring, monotonous)
- hongehongeā adj (boring, monotonous)
- hongeā adj (boring, monotonous)
- takeo adj (boring, monotonous)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- ensformig adj (boring, monotonous)
- kjedelig adj (boring, monotonous)
- langtekkelig adj (boring, monotonous)
- traurig adj (boring, monotonous)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- einsformig adj (boring, monotonous)
- kjedeleg adj (boring, monotonous)
Occitan
1 entries- tediós adj (boring, monotonous)
Old English
1 entries- æþryt adj (boring, monotonous)
Polish
3 entries- nudny adj (boring, monotonous)
- nużący adj (boring, monotonous)
- żmudny adj (boring, monotonous)
Portuguese
3 entries- enfadonho adj (boring, monotonous)
- entediante adj (boring, monotonous)
- monótono adj (boring, monotonous)
Russian
3 entries- ну́дный adj (boring, monotonous)
- ску́чный adj (boring, monotonous)
- утоми́тельный adj (boring, monotonous)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- liosta adj (boring, monotonous)
Spanish
2 entries- prolijo adj (boring, monotonous)
- tedioso adj (boring, monotonous)
Swedish
3 entries- enformig adj (boring, monotonous)
- långtråkig adj (boring, monotonous)
- tjatig adj (boring, monotonous)
Ukrainian
2 entries- нудний adj (boring, monotonous)
- стомливий adj (boring, monotonous)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.
Source: tatoeba (43478)
They are weary of their tedious work.
Source: tatoeba (68058)
Forty percent of the workforce are white-collar workers, most of whom have some of the most tedious and idiotic jobs ever concocted.
Source: tatoeba (329256)
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