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
adj.
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
long-winded (or windy) speakers
verbose and ineffective instructional methods
newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes