🇬🇧 Tedious meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

When something is tedious, it feels slow, dull, and tiresome because it takes a lot of time and effort without being fun or exciting. It’s the kind of task that makes you sigh, yawn, and wish you were doing anything else.

Folding laundry is so tedious, I’d rather wrestle a grumpy llama.

Filling out forms is tedious. Can’t I just draw a happy face and call it done?

I tried counting to a million, but it got tedious around number… six.

Helping my grandpa set up his phone was so tedious, even the phone got bored.

Cleaning my room is tedious. That’s why I prefer the “hide everything under the bed” method.

On a hot day, Alex painted a long white fence. Each narrow board felt tedious; the same brush stroke, the same tedious drip, the same tedious line of paint. He sighed at the tedious sun and the tedious slow progress. A child waved, he laughed, finished the last board, and, relieved, set down his brush.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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