'Tedium' definitions:
Definition of 'tedium'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Tedium'
From: GCIDE
- Tedium \Te"di*um\, n. [L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one.] Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also taedium.] --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]
- The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tedium'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alliteration,
- angst,
- anguish,
- anxiety,
- assonance,
- banality,
- boredom,
- changelessness,
- cheerlessness,
- chime,
- colorlessness,
- dingdong,
- discomfort,
- discomposure,
- discontent,
- dislike,
- displeasure,
- disquiet,
- dissatisfaction,
- doldrums,
- drabness,
- dread,
- dreariness,
- drone,
- dullness,
- emptiness,
- ennui,
- existential woe,
- flatness,
- grimness,
- harping,
- humdrum,
- inquietude,
- insipidity,
- insipidness,
- invariability,
- irksomeness,
- jingle,
- jingle-jangle,
- joylessness,
- lack of pleasure,
- long-windedness,
- malaise,
- monotone,
- monotony,
- nausea,
- near rhyme,
- nongratification,
- nonsatisfaction,
- painfulness,
- pitter-patter,
- repeated sounds,
- repetitiousness,
- repetitiveness,
- rhyme,
- routine,
- savorlessness,
- singsong,
- slant rhyme,
- spleen,
- stale repetition,
- staleness,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- tiresomeness,
- trot,
- uncomfortableness,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unhappiness,
- unnecessary repetition,
- unpleasure,
- unsatisfaction,
- vapidity,
- vexation of spirit,
- wearisomeness,
- yawn