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[ tee-dee-uhm ] / ˈti di əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tedium ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness. Origin of tediumFirst recorded in 1655–65, tedium is from the Latin word taedium SYNONYMS FOR tediummonotony, sameness, dullness. SEE SYNONYMS FOR tedium ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby tediumteddy bear, Teddy boy, Teddy girl, Te Deum, tedious, tedium, TED spread, tee, tee-hee, teeing ground, tee-joint Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tediumThe work is ceaseless and routine to the point of tedium—and almost half of primary-care physicians are burnt out. Nurse Practitioners Playing Doctor More Often|Daniela Drake|May 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST What is it about bleakness and tedium that are so attractive, other than the fact that most people instinctively recoil from it? Why All the Hate for Les Mis?|Megan McArdle|January 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST A third night in hospital for Kate tonight, but the tedium was relieved by a visit from brother James and sister Pippa. Pippa Middleton Visits Kate|Tom Sykes|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST He advised diners to flee “right back out the door … you will be spared an infinitely larger measure of tedium.” Guy Fieri Battles Scathing New York Times Review by Pete Wells|Katie Baker|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Since I loathe the tedium of gym workouts, I take breaks for tennis with my eclectic group of tennis pals. How I Write: Erik Larson Revisits ‘Isaac’s Storm’|Noah Charney|October 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST Are you a self-satisfied rich man who wants to enjoy our wretchedness, to get rid of his tedium, and to torment us still more? What To Do?|Count Lyof N. Tolstoi Even now he hated to leave Earth and what it meant for the unknown dangers and tedium of a planet circling an alien sun. Tangle Hold|F. L. Wallace Cassy foresaw, too, that the tedium would not be attenuated by Paliser's conversation. The Paliser case|Edgar Saltus My dear, Mr. Sanborn has most kindly dropped in to relieve the tedium of our evening with his company—his distinguished company. The Killer|Stewart Edward White A few of these words have been borrowed bodily from Latin, as 'odium', 'tedium', 'opprobrium'. Society for Pure English Tract 4|John Sargeaunt
British Dictionary definitions for tedium
nounthe state of being bored or the quality of being boring; monotony Word Origin for tediumC17: from Latin taedium, from taedēre to weary Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tediumbanality, ennui, boredom, doldrums, drabness, dreariness, yawn, tediousness, routine, lifelessness, sameness, tiresomeness, deadness, irksomeness, wearisomeness |