Antonyms for tedium


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tee-dee-uhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈti di əm


Definition of tedium

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Latin taedium "weariness, disgust," related to taedet "it is wearisome," and to taedere "to weary." Possible cognates are Old Church Slavonic tezo, Lithuanian tingiu "to be dull, be listless."
  • noun dullness, monotony
Example sentences :
  • Bob, thus forming his Utopian plans, forgot the tedium of the trail.
  • Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
  • And now the tedium of such a life was plainer to her than it would have been then.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • Cassy foresaw, too, that the tedium would not be attenuated by Paliser's conversation.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • A payday now and then didn't make up for the tedium of labor.
  • Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster
  • The tedium of futile undertakings will oppress us from the first moment.
  • Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
  • And, in fact, there was now an end of tedium—but of other things also!
  • Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 » by Various
  • The weather doubled the time and the tedium of the passage of this ridge.
  • Extract from : « The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) » by Hudson Stuck
  • After so much excitement, the king was seized with a cruel fit of tedium.
  • Extract from : « Laboulaye's Fairy Book » by Various
  • She went to be measured for a gown and could not support the tedium of the operation.
  • Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer
  • But again the tedium and the sense of the falsity of the spoken word put her off.
  • Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Synonyms for tedium

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