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How to pronounce tedious in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tiresome, wearisome
Derivation tediousness, tedium


tedious days on the train.
Type Words
Synonyms long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy
Derivation tediousness

Examples of tedious

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What, you want Carmelo Anthony and a tedious saga bringing down half the league?
From the sfgate.com
Writing down a checklist sounds tedious, but it can help avoid a costly mistake.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
The Shining is obviously technically terrific, but to me it is arid and tedious.
From the guardian.co.uk
This year, ditch the messy brines, the crazy deep-frying or the tedious smoking.
From the dailyherald.com
In those days the climb was not regarded as a tedious prelude to a downhill run.
From the theatlantic.com
The international ridicule of his appearance is thus as unfair as it is tedious.
From the theatlantic.com
Craig is 40, and he admits that daily visits to the gym are painful and tedious.
From the stltoday.com
A group of atheists has decided that riding a bus is somehow not tedious enough.
From the suntimes.com
The flight home by Boeing or Airbus may seem interminably tedious by comparison.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Boring: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "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 ...
  • Long-winded: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
  • (tediously) boringly: in a tedious manner; "boringly slow work"; "he plodded tediously forward"
  • (tediousness) dullness owing to length or slowness
  • Boring, monotonous, time consuming, wearisome
  • (adj.): boring; tiresome