TEDIOUSNESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

tediousness

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as in tedium

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Recent Examples of tediousness Many women with natural hair can empathize with the breakage concerns and tediousness that can arise when taking down protective styles. — Caché McClay, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025 It’s powered by your own hand—only without the tediousness of using a needle and thread. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The tedium of the task was how the apprentice became the master.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The late John Sterling, in his inimitable style, remarks on the tedium of watching Pedro Baez verrrryyy slowwwlyyy do his job.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of tedium

Noun

Calder may have mistaken writing about boredom for writing boredom.

— Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Instead, a quick TikTok showing the little girl quietly taking in the world around her without an iPad sparked a conversation among millions of parents about screen time, boredom and what childhood looks like today.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

Definition of boredom

Noun

My Tennis View Queen had, unsurprisingly, views of the tennis facility, but with plenty of lush greenery to offset any dullness.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
This serum is great for fading dark spots, boosting collagen production, and fighting visible signs of aging like fine lines and dullness.

— Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 4 July 2026

Definition of dullness

Noun

My audience would laugh one instant, and then with the alchemical dark arts of my verbal prowess, they’d be volta’d into grief and ennui with breakneck speed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Before there was The Office—British or American—there was Office Space, Mike Judge’s razor-sharp satire of middle-American corporate ennui.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Definition of ennui

Noun

There’s a desperation in his voice, a weariness that evokes bad nights’ sleep and endless doomscrolling, but there’s also a delicacy to his performance, a gentleness that has precedent in his catalog but still feels new.

— Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
Eventually, weariness begins to affect more than just your mood.

— Scott Hanson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of weariness

Noun

Standing on opposite sides of the protests, the pair fall for each other despite the divide, recognizing in one another a restlessness neither can quite name.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026
Very early in the morning, however, the moon will make a series of aspects — with Mars, Saturn and Mercury retrograde — that could potentially trigger everything from feelings of restlessness to emotional reactions due to mixed signals.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

Definition of restlessness

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