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Meanings of
tedium
in English
Portuguese
apatia
Catalan
tedi
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The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
boredom
ennui
Portuguese
apatia
Portuguese
tédio
Catalan
tedi
Spanish
desgana
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Dullness owing to length or slowness.
tediousness
tiresomeness
Portuguese
tédio
Usage of
tedium
in English
1
It served to relieve some of the
tedium
of that second year:
2
But I was spared soon the
tedium
and discomforts of the journey.
3
It was his bright, dry, daily ordeal, his personal measure of
tedium
.
4
Her life had much in it of laborious
tedium
-
tedium
never
-ending
and monotonous.
5
I have not your resources for beguiling the
tedium
of the way.
6
In the light and in
tedium
I see but don't know myself.
7
The
tedium
of an agricultural community was starting to wear on her.
8
Not for them the
tedium
of calculating points or wondering about offers.
9
He was relieved from this
tedium
by another summons to the office.
10
We thanked the officer for relieving our
tedium
with his marvelous story.
11
In all, the experience was the strangest mixture of excitement and
tedium
.
12
And
tedium
is more oppressive when there's not the excuse of idleness.
13
The mail train was due sometime that evening to relieve their
tedium
.
14
Margaret's first sensation was resentment at the renewed
tedium
of it all.
15
The
tedium
of driving car pools had never seemed intolerable to her.
16
It sighed, a long whistling sigh of infinite
tedium
,
and lay still.
Other examples for "tedium"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
tedium
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
relieve the tedium
infinite tedium
numb tedium
absolute tedium
cause tedium
More collocations
Translations for
tedium
Portuguese
apatia
enfado
fastio
tédio
tedio
aborrecimento
Catalan
tedi
fastig
avorriment
Spanish
desgana
pesadez
aburrimiento
hastío
desinterés
tedio
Tedium
through the time
Tedium
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common