plodding
adjective
uk/ˈplɒd.ɪŋ/us/ˈplɑː.dɪŋ/slow,continuousand notexciting:
I'lltrynot toboreyou withlotsof ploddingdetails.
Thenovelisheavyand plodding, with littleexcitementin it.
See
plod
Synonym
pedestrianformaldisapproving
- Working in asupermarketseemedlike aglum, ploddingexistenceto me.
- Highlydetailedinformationslowsthebookto a ploddingpacefromtimetotime.
- It is a ploddingtaleofmaritalmisunderstanding.
Boredom, tedium and boring things
- banality
- blandness
- boredom
- bromide
- cabin fever
- commonplace
- ennui
- flatness
- frustration
- insipidness
- jejune
- screed
- snooze
- snoozefest
- sterility
- stodginess
- stuffiness
- tediousness
- treadmill
- yawn