tedium
noun
te·di·um ˈtē-dē-əm 
1
: the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
also : boredom
2
: a tedious period of time
Synonyms
- blahs
- boredom
- doldrums
- ennui
- listlessness
- restlessness
- weariness
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Example Sentences
The movie was three hours of tedium. I took a day off to relieve the tedium of work.
Recent Examples on the Web Filmed in dismal interiors in the director’s native Poland, the psychiatric hospital scenes are suitably grim, if too compressed to convey the anguish and tedium of the twins’ 11-year incarceration. 
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 Her only real escape from rural tedium is going to the pictures in town. Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022 Endless praise, endless worship, endless subjection, endless tedium. Christian Lorentzen, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 The result feels more like a true video game than the original game's visual-novel tedium, while its voice acting and writing remain quite solid. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 19 June 2022 Hospitals and health systems need to better train their nurse managers, find ways to free them from the tedium of tasks like staffing and scheduling, and help equip them to lead from a place of transformation rather than transaction. Danielle Bowie, STAT, 23 July 2022 Set up like a mystery, the story unfolds in the tedium of a city council meeting, an apropos setting given the absurd, almost Shakespearean power struggles that play out in communities across the nation. chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022 The story’s deeper and sinister undercurrents creep along from the start, camouflaged in the tedium of process. Naveen Kumar, Variety, 17 Apr. 2022 Not as beauty to distract us from the crises of the world, because that feels pretty much impossible, but from the tedium of everyday? Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Apr. 2022 See More
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 Her only real escape from rural tedium is going to the pictures in town. Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022 Endless praise, endless worship, endless subjection, endless tedium. Christian Lorentzen, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 The result feels more like a true video game than the original game's visual-novel tedium, while its voice acting and writing remain quite solid. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 19 June 2022 Hospitals and health systems need to better train their nurse managers, find ways to free them from the tedium of tasks like staffing and scheduling, and help equip them to lead from a place of transformation rather than transaction. Danielle Bowie, STAT, 23 July 2022 Set up like a mystery, the story unfolds in the tedium of a city council meeting, an apropos setting given the absurd, almost Shakespearean power struggles that play out in communities across the nation. chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022 The story’s deeper and sinister undercurrents creep along from the start, camouflaged in the tedium of process. Naveen Kumar, Variety, 17 Apr. 2022 Not as beauty to distract us from the crises of the world, because that feels pretty much impossible, but from the tedium of everyday? Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin taedium disgust, irksomeness, from taedēre to disgust, weary
First Known Use
1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1
tedium
noun
as in boredom
the state of being bored the tedium of spending a rainy afternoon trapped inside the house Synonyms & Similar Words
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- boredom
- ennui
- restlessness
- weariness
- blahs
- monotony
- melancholy
- joylessness
- doldrums
- listlessness
- dullness
- lethargy
- lifelessness
- torpidity
- cheerlessness
- lassitude
- indifference
- languor
- languidness
- dulness
- apathy
- torpor
- sameness
- unconcern
- monotonousness
- dispiritedness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- fascination
- immersion
- excitement
- involvement
- enchantment
- stimulation
- absorption
- engrossment
- engagement
- amusement
- captivation
- animation
- relief
- beguilement
- entertainment
- bewitchment
- diversion
- invigoration
- enlivenment
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