tedium

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈtiː.di.əm/

Noun

tedium (uncountable)

1. Boredom or tediousness; ennui.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 8

     Yet active life was the genuine soil for his virtues; and he sometimes suffered tedium from the monotonous succession of events in our retirement.

Synonyms

• boredom, drudgery, ennui, tediousness

Related terms

• taedium vitae
• tedious

Translations

• German: Langeweile
• Portuguese: tédio, aborrecimento, fastio, enfado
• Russian: ску́ка
• Spanish: tedio

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