tedium 音标拼音: [t'idiəm]
n . 冗长乏味,单调
冗长乏味,单调
tedium n 1 :
the feeling of being bored by something tedious [
synonym :
{
boredom }, {
ennui }, {
tedium }]
2 :
dullness owing to length or slowness [
synonym : {
tediousness },
{
tedium }, {
tiresomeness }]
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 ]
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tedium ":
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
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