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Meanings of tedium in inglés

portugués
apatia
catalán
tedi
Wikidata

The feeling of being bored by something tedious.

apatia
portugués
tédio
catalán
tedi
español
desgana

Dullness owing to length or slowness.

desgana
Usage of tedium in inglés
1
It served to relieve some of the tedium of that second year:
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
2
But I was spared soon the tedium and discomforts of the journey.
Barry Lyndon
3
It was his bright, dry, daily ordeal, his personal measure of tedium.
Revolutionary Road
4
Her life had much in it of laborious tedium-tediumnever-ending and monotonous.
The Old Wives' Tale
5
I have not your resources for beguiling the tedium of the way.
Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
6
In the light and in tedium I see but don't know myself.
The book of disquiet
7
The tedium of an agricultural community was starting to wear on her.
Ahsoka
8
Not for them the tedium of calculating points or wondering about offers.
The Irish Times
9
He was relieved from this tedium by another summons to the office.
Sisters
10
We thanked the officer for relieving our tedium with his marvelous story.
Autobiography of a Yogi
11
In all, the experience was the strangest mixture of excitement and tedium.
Wired
12
And tedium is more oppressive when there's not the excuse of idleness.
The book of disquiet
13
The mail train was due sometime that evening to relieve their tedium.
Scoop
14
Margaret's first sensation was resentment at the renewed tedium of it all.
Private life
15
The tedium of driving car pools had never seemed intolerable to her.
Coming out
16
It sighed, a long whistling sigh of infinite tedium, and lay still.
The Quiet American
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