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tedium

[ tee-dee-uhm ]

/ ˈti di əm /

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noun

the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.

Origin of tedium

First recorded in 1655–65, tedium is from the Latin word taedium

SYNONYMS FOR tedium

monotony, sameness, dullness.

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Words nearby tedium

teddy, teddy bear, teddy boy, teddy girl, tedious, tedium, tee, tee off, tee shirt, tee-ball, tee-hee

Example sentences from the Web for tedium

The 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

tedium

/ (ˈtiːdɪəm) /

noun

the state of being bored or the quality of being boring; monotony

Word Origin for tedium

C17: from Latin taedium, from taedēre to weary