tedious

tedious /'ti:djəs/
  • tính từ
    • chán ngắt, tẻ, nhạt nhẽo, thiếu hấp dẫn, làm buồn tẻ
      • a tedious lecture: một bài thuyết trình chán ngắt

Xem thêm: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tiresome, wearisome, long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy



tedious

Từ điển Collocation

tedious adj.

VERBS be, look, seem, sound | become, get Her visits were starting to get a bit tedious. | make sth | find sth He found committee meetings extremely tedious.

ADV. extremely, incredibly, very | almost | a bit, a little, pretty, rather, somewhat


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tiresome, wearisome

    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

  • using or containing too many words; long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy

    long-winded (or windy) speakers

    verbose and ineffective instructional methods

    newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials

    proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: boring dreary dry dull humdrum monotonous slow tiring wearisome

ant.: exciting