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Synonyms for tediousness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs



Définition of tediousness

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediosus "wearisome, irksome, tedious," from Latin taedium (see tedium).
  • noun tedium
Example sentences :
  • Tediousness is the sure result of any of these faults of style.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • I did not choose that he should bestow all his tediousness on me.
  • Extract from : « Gryll Grange » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • Franklin is beguiling the tediousness of the way with a tale.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 131, May 1, 1852 » by Various
  • For the present, however, I will bestow upon you no more of my tediousness.'
  • Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837 » by Various
  • Yet there was now and then an accident or exploit which relieved the tediousness of study-time.
  • Extract from : « Phaeton Rogers » by Rossiter Johnson
  • I warn some of my readers to escape from the tediousness, if they cannot value the curiosity.
  • Extract from : « Calamities and Quarrels of Authors » by Isaac Disraeli
  • They loved, I will not say tediousness, but length and a train of circumstances in a narration.
  • Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli
  • The way is long and we shall have much ado to beguile the tediousness of it.
  • Extract from : « Peggy Owen at Yorktown » by Lucy Foster Madison
  • Shall he beguile the tediousness of a wet day in camp with books and papers?
  • Extract from : « In New England Fields and Woods » by Rowland E. Robinson
  • Let us omit some portion of his tediousness, and allow him to go on with his tale.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 » by Various

Antonyms for tediousness

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