tedium

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US /ˈtiːdiːəm/ UK /ˈtiː.di.əm/
noun Freq #49122

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Boredom or tediousness; ennui.

    Yet active life was the genuine soil for his virtues; and he sometimes suffered tedium from the monotonous succession of events in our retirement.

  2. 2
    noun

    dullness owing to length or slowness

  3. 3
    noun

    the feeling of being bored by something tedious

Etymology

From Latin taedium, from taedēre (“to weary”).

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Synonyms
1 noun · boredom or tediousness; ennui. acediaboredomdrudgeryennuimonotonysamenesstediousnesstediumtiresomenesswearisomeness
2 noun · dullness owing to length or... tediousnesstiresomeness
3 noun · the feeling of being bored... boredomennui
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