The tedium of driving across the desert makes it difficult to continuously pay attention, leading to a real danger of accidentally running off the road or crashing.
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Tedium
Synonyms for "tedium" (117 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Adjective(1 words)
academic boredom
Strong matches (35)
Related words (58)
lassitudelong-windednessmalaisemelancholymonotonemonotonynauseanear rhymenongratificationnonsatisfactionpainfulnesspitter patterpitter-patterrepeated soundsrepetitiousnessrepetitivenessrhymeroutinesamenesssavorlessness
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singsongslant rhymespleensquirrel cagestale repetitionstalenesstastelessnesstediousnesstiresomenesstreadmilltrotuncomfortablenessuneaseuneasinessunhappinessuniformityunnecessary repetitionunpleasureunsatisfactionvapidityvexation of spiritwearisomenessyawn
Noun(12 words)
monotonymonotony in taskspallplodploddingploddingsroutine boredomsoporificstiresomenesstiringvapidnessweariness
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5 entriesdaily tediumendless tediumtedious homeworktedious lecturetedious task
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7 total sentences available.
I found myself reaching for my phone to alleviate the tedium of being lectured at.
Source: tatoeba (11034672)
Tom and Mary went skinny-dipping in the river to break up the tedium of everyday life.
Source: tatoeba (11036087)
Railroad rides are naturally tiresome to persons who cannot read on the cars, and, being one of those unfortunates, I resigned myself, on taking my seat in the train, to several hours of tedium, alleviated only by such cat-naps as I might achieve.
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