Reverse Dictionary: TEDIOUS

ADJECTIVES
► ALANGE tedious, dreary → 1330 obs.
► BALLS-ACHING extremely tedious → 1912 UK sl.
► BEIGE deeply tedious, very bland → 1948 US sl.
► BITCH tedious, annoying → 1978 US sl.
► BLAH boring, dull, tedious → 1922 sl., orig. US
► BORISH tedious, wearisome → 1766
► BULL-DRAGGING tedious, laborious → 1948 Irish sl.
► BUM-NUMBING tedious, excessively lengthy → 1973
► DAGALI tedious, tiresome → 1914 Sc.
► DEAD dull; tedious and uninteresting → 1000
► DOWF sad, melancholy, out of spirits; also, tedious → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DRAC ► DRACK boring, dull, tedious → 1945 Aust. sl.
► DRAG-ASS of a thing or person: tedious → 1976 US sl.
► DRAGGY boring, dull, tedious → 1829 colloq.
► DULLSVILLE tedious → 1957 sl., orig. US
► ELENGE very long, tedious, weary, irksome → c897 obs.
► FEEDING boring, dull, tedious → 1940 Brit. sl.
► FULSOME wearisome from excess or repetition; tedious → 1430 obs.
► GUMMY inferior; tedious; unpleasant → 1922 Amer. sl.
► HARMLESS lacklustre, tedious → 1960s Amer. sl.
► HO-HUM boring, dull, tedious → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► INFINITE immensely long, very tedious, endless → 1585 obs.
► IRKFUL tedious; irksome → 1570 obs.
► IRKSOME wearisome, tedious, tiresome → 1513
► JAWBATIOUS tedious, argumentative → 1843 sl.
► LANGERSOME ► LANGERSUM boring, slow, tedious, tiresome → 1880 Sc.
► LATESOME late; backward; slow, sluggish; tiresome, tedious ..a1382 rare, chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. usage
► LONG tedious, boring → 2017 Black British sl.
► LONGSOME tediously lengthy in writing → 1543 obs.
► LONG-WINDED given to tedious or unnecessary lengthiness in speech or writing → 1589
​► MAUL-HAULY heavy, troublesome, tedious → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MORTAL long and tedious → 1758 sl.
► MUZZY dull, gloomy, tedious; said of a place, occasion, etc. → 1728
► OPEROSE made or done with much labour; laborious; tedious; toilsome; elaborate → 1659
► OPEROUS made or done with much labour or effort; laborious, industrious, busy; painstaking, tedious; toilsome; elaborate → a1538 obs.
► OVER-TEDIOUS excessively tedious → 1483
► PECKY tedious, intricate, requiring patience and attention to detail → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PEDALIAN of tedious length → 1636 obs.
► PINGLING tedious, demanding → 1827 Sc.
► PLODDING tedious, dull → 1580
► PONDEROUS of literary style, manner, etc.: tedious, laboured, dull → 1603
► PROLEGOMENOUS given to making tedious preliminary statements; long-winded → 1881
► PROLIX of speech, writing, etc.: tediously lengthy → 1475
► PROSING given to talking or writing in a tedious or dull manner → 1743
► PROSY 1. of things: commonplace, tedious, dull, wearisome → 1770
2. of s person: behaving in a tedious or dull way → 1819
► SAMEY boring, tedious, undistinguished → 1929 UK sl.
► SAPLESS of persons: wearisome, tedious → 1680
► SCHLEPPY characterized by tedious or laborious movement or progress → 1978
► SHITTY tedious, futile → 1977 US sl.
► SICK tedious, boring, disaffecting → 1973 UK sl.
► SLUDGY tedious, sluggish → 1901
► TAIGLESOME wearisome, tiring, tedious → 1912 Sc.
► TAIVERSOME ► TAIVERSUM tedious, wearisome; annoying, vexatious → 1808 Sc.
► TEDDISOME tedious, wearisome → 1824 Eng. dial.
► TEDIOUSOME tedious, wearisome → 1824 Sc.
► TEIR ► TERE tedious, tiresome, toilsome → 1400 Sc. & Eng. dial., obs.
► TEWING toilsome, wearying; worrying, tedious → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIDDYSOM tedious, wearisome → 1824 Eng. dial.
► TIRED of people, things, or events: tedious, dull, hackneyed → 1970 US sl.
► TIRED-ASS tedious; overused; tired → 1994 US sl.
► TOR tedious, irksome → 1175 obs.
► TWADDY tedious, nonsensical → 1791 UK sl.
► UNDREIGH not tedious or tiresome → 1400 obs.
► WADY long-lasting; tedious; interminable → 1691 Eng. dial.
► WEARIFUL tedious, tiresome → 1483
► WEARING tedious, trying; mentally or physically tiring → 1741
► WEARISOME tiresome, tedious → 1530
► WEARY tiresome, tedious → 1450
► WONKY tedious and serious, esp. anxious and overstudious in an academic situation → 1970s Amer. students’ sl.
► YAWNFUL inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious → 1878
► YAWNSOME inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious → 1900

ADVERBS
► DREE in a tedious, monotonous, or slow way; tediously → 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DREICHLY tediously; slowly → 1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LONGSOMELY lengthily and tediously → a1000 obs.
► PROLIXLY at tedious or great length → 1591
► PROSILY tediously; in a dull or commonplace manner → 1833
► STUPIDLY tediously; in a boring or tiresome way → 1723
► WEARILY tediously, tiresomely → 1548
► WEARYINGLY tediously, tiresomely → 1828

NOUNS
► BALLS-ACHE something which is very tedious or trying → 1938 UK sl.
► BANGING ON a holding forth or expounding in a tedious manner → 1959
► BEEF a tedious or annoying person or thing → World War II Amer. sl.
► BORE something tedious → 1779 sl.
► BUMF written or printed material regarded as tedious, useless, or unnecessary → 1917 orig. military sl.
► BUM FODDER written or printed material regarded as tedious, useless, or unnecessary → 1654
► BUTTFUCK a tedious piece of work → 1986 US sl.
► CHORE a tedious or unappealing job or task → 1839
► CLUCK a tedious situation → 1980 US sl.
► CRASHER something extremely tedious or tiresome → 1960
► CRUD-WORK any tedious, menial, or unpleasant work → 1959 US sl.
► DIP something tedious → 1966 US students’ sl.
► DOG WORK tedious, menial tasks → 1985 US sl.
► DOWN TRIP anything tedious or unpleasant → 1968 US sl.
► DRAG anything boring or tedious → 1813
► DREE ► DREICH a tedious or difficult task → 1984 Eng. dial.
► DRY FUCK something tedious or disappointing → 1945 US sl.
► FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing→ 1780 UK colloq.
► FAIR NARK something inexpressibly tedious or baffling → 1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FASTIDIUM disgust; feeling of weariness, tedium → a1734
► GRIPE a tedious thing → 1927 US sl.
► HAIM ► HAME ► HAYM a tedious or unpleasant job → 1934 African-American sl.
► IRK tedium, annoyance → 1570
► IRKSOMENESS 1. weariness, tedium, ennui; a wearied feeling → 1440 obs.
2. a being tedious or annoying → 1533
► LIGHTENING a making something less tedious or serious → 1862
► MALARKEY tedious talk; boloney → 1945 US sl.
► MEGILLA ► MEGILLAH a long, tedious, or complicated speech, story, explanation, etc. → 1911 sl.
► MUNDANITY a being commonplace, trivial, or ordinary; a humdrum thing; a tedious necessity → 1959
► PALAVER a tedious or unnecessarily drawn-out process → 1878 colloq.
► PATERNOSTER a tedious utterance, especially a nonsensical one → 1651 obs.
► PROLIXITY tedious lengthiness of spoken or written matter → 1425
► PROSING tedious or dull writing or speech → 1762
► RIGMAROLE a long, involved, or tedious procedure → 1841
► SALT MINES, THE hard, tedious work → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► SCHLEP a tedious or arduous task; a drag → 1964 colloq.
► SCROUGE ► SCROWGE a tedious lesson → 1856 US students’ sl.
► SCUD ► SCUT tedious, boring, or hard tasks → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► SNORE a boring or tedious person, thing, or experience → Brit. sl.
► SNORESVILLE ► SNOREVILLE anywhere considered tedious or boring → 1979 sl., orig. US
► STICK-JAW anything seen as extremely tedious → 1923 UK sl.
► STODGE heavy, tedious writing or speech → 1903 sl.
► TALE OF A ROASTED HORSE, A a tedious or improbable tale → 1570 obs.
► TOTAL LAME-OUT that which is very tedious or stupid → 2003 US teen sl.
► TRAPES a tedious, laborious task → 1862 sl.
► UNLUST tedium, weariness → a1000 obs.
► WEAKSAUCE something tedious or second-rate → 2002 US students’ & teen sl.
► WHIPPER a very tedious class → 1989 US students’ sl.
► YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns → 1885 sl.
► YAWNER anything tedious, boring or yawn-producing → 1940s US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ANORAK an unfashionable, studious or tedious person, usually a young male → 1984 Brit. sl., derogatory
► BALL-BREAKER a tedious, irritating person → 1971 African-American sl.
► BALLS-ACHE someone who is very tedious or trying → 1938 UK sl.
► BEEF a tedious or annoying person or thing → World War II Amer. sl.
► BOD a tedious, intrusive, pretentious, or otherwise irritating person → 1980s UK sl.
► B.O.F. a tedious, conventional, killjoy older person (Boring Old Fart) → 2003 sl.
► BORE a tedious person, a nuisance → 1500
► CLONE a tedious, unimportant person → 1977 sl., orig. US
► CRASHER an extremely tedious or tiresome person → 1960
► CRASHING BORE an exceptionally tedious or tiresome person → 1922 colloq.
► DIP a tedious or dull person → 1964 US students’ sl.
► DRONE a tedious, unpleasant person → 1658 UK sl.
► FAIR NARK a tedious or baffling person → 1894 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FOOZLE a tedious person → colloq.
► FULL HANK  a tedious, contemptible person → 1980s teen & high school sl.
► GRIPE a tedious person → 1927 US sl.
► GUMBY a dull, tedious person, esp. one out of touch with current fashions → 1970s Can. teen sl.
► GUMMY a tedious person → 1839 sl.
► GWEEB a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student → 1984 Amer. students’ sl.
► GWEEBO a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student → 1986 Amer. students’ sl.
► GWEEP a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student → 1982 Amer. students’ sl.
► HALFWIT a tedious or unfunny person → 1631 obs.
► HERB a tedious, contemptible person → 1990s US students’ sl.
► KLINGON a tedious or unpleasant person → 1997 sl.
► L-SEVEN a tedious, conventional person, unsympathetic to teen interests → 1956 African-American & teen sl.
► MELVIN a dull, tedious, socially inept person → 1968 sl.
► MERV ► MERVIN a dull, tedious, socially inept person → 1986 sl.
► MOTO a tedious, irritating, boring person (Master Of The Obvious) → 1990 US students’ sl.
► PAIN an annoying, bothersome, or tiresome person; a tedious or boring person; a nuisance → 1926
► PAIN IN THE NECK an annoying or tedious person → 1941 sl.
► SLEEPING JESUS a dull, tedious person → 1927 African-American sl.
► SNORE a boring or tedious person, thing, or experience → Brit. sl.
► VAMPIRE an intolerable bore or tedious person → 1862 sl.
► WANK STAIN a tedious, obnoxious person → 2004 UK sl. (Bk.)
► WEAKSAUCE a tedious or second-rate person → 2002 US students’ & teen sl.
► YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns → 1889 colloq.

PHRASES
► ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DOLLAR used to show the tedium of daily existence → 1907 orig. US

VERBS
► ALANGE to make tedious, dreary, or desolate → 1330 obs.
► ATTEDIATE to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust → 1603 obs.
► BANG ON to talk at length in a boring manner; to hold forth or expound tediously → 1979 UK, disparaging usage
► BOMBAST to speak at tedious length → 1841
► BOMBINATE to speak or proceed in a way regarded as tedious, aimless, or annoying → 1748
► CRAP ► CRAP ON to talk at tedious length → 1940 orig. US
► DRAWL to speak or write lengthily and tediously → 1609 obs.
► DRONE ► DRONE ON to talk in a tedious or droning manner → 1704
► DULL to be tedious; to urge tediously → 1529 obs.
► HARP ON ONE STRING to dwell on a subject to a tedious or wearisome length → 1531
► HAVE NO USE FOR to consider superfluous or tedious or objectionable → 1887 colloq.
► JAW-JAW to talk in a tedious manner → 1831
► LAG to talk tediously → 1956 UK sl.
► MAKE A LONG HARVEST ABOUT A LITTLE CORN to be tedious about a trifle → 16C colloq.
► PRATE to say in a tedious or overbearing way → 1475
► PROLIX to be tedious → 1538
► PROSE to talk or write in a tedious or dull manner → 1764
► RELIEVE to make less tedious, tiring, or monotonous by introducing something striking or pleasant → 1663
► ROLL ON to continue speaking in a tedious manner → 1861
► SHIT ON to talk tediously → 2000 Ireland sl.
► SHOVEL THE SHIT to work at unrewarding, tedious tasks → 1967 US sl. (Bk.)
► STODGE to work steadily at something tedious → 1914 UK sl.
► TEDIFY to become tedious, to weary, to bore → 1613 obs.
► WADE to go through a tedious task → 1495
► WANK ON to speak at tedious length about something → 1988 sl.
► WAX-BORE to talk tediously at someone → 1940 Aust. sl.
► WEAR OUT ONE’S WELCOME to become tedious or undesirable over time → 1823
► WEAR THIN to become tedious → 1826
► YATATA to talk tediously → 1947 US sl.