tedious

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

te·di·ous BrE [ˈtiːdiəs] NAmE [ˈtiːdiəs] adjective
lasting or taking too long and not interesting
Syn: ↑boring
•The journey soon became tedious.
•We had to listen to the tedious details of his operation.
Derived Words: ↑tediously ▪ ↑tediousness

Word Origin:
[tedious tediously tediousness] late Middle English: from Old French tedieus or late Latin taediosus, from Latin taedium, from taedere ‘be weary of’.

Synonyms:
boring
dull • tedious
These words all describe a subject, activity, person or place that is not interesting or exciting.
boring • not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient: ▪ He's such a boring man! ◇ ▪ She found her job very boring.
dull • not interesting or exciting: ▪ Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
tedious • lasting or taking too long and not interesting, so that you feel bored and impatient: ▪ The journey soon became tedious.
to be boring/dull/tedious for sb
boring/dull/tedious subjects/books
boring/dull/tedious jobs/work/games
a boring/dull place/man/woman/person
deadly boring/dull

Example Bank:
•Her visits were starting to get a bit tedious.
•The joke became increasingly tedious.
•It was tedious, repetitive work.
•The was a long, unutterably tedious wait.
•We had to listen to all the tedious details of his operation.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy, boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tiresome, wearisome