Hyphenation of tedious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word tedious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

te-dious

Definitions of tedious:

1.	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 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
2.	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

Synonyms of tedious:

adj	boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tiresome, wearisome, uninteresting
adj	long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy, prolix

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.