[B]revity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes[.]
Source: wiktionary
Tediousness
Synonyms for "tediousness" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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Translations
21 translations across 10 languages.
Danish
1 entries- kedsomhed noun (quality of being tedious)
Finnish
2 entries- pitkäveteisyys noun (quality of being tedious)
- tylsyys noun (quality of being tedious)
French
2 entries- ennui noun (quality of being tedious)
- monotonie noun (quality of being tedious)
Irish
2 entries- leadránacht noun (quality of being tedious)
- liostacht noun (quality of being tedious)
Italian
4 entries- fastidiosaggine noun (quality of being tedious)
- fastidiosità noun (quality of being tedious)
- monotonia noun (quality of being tedious)
- noia noun (quality of being tedious)
Japanese
1 entries- 退屈 noun (quality of being tedious)
Māori
1 entries- takeotanga noun (quality of being tedious)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kjedsomhet noun (quality of being tedious)
Spanish
1 entries- prolijidad noun (quality of being tedious)
Turkish
2 entries- bezginlik noun (quality of being tedious)
- bıkkınlık noun (quality of being tedious)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I am the worst person in the world for formal dinners, but I shall be thankful to have a resting-place whereon to bestow my tediousness in an evening.
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