TEDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tedium mean? 

• TEDIUM (noun)
  The noun TEDIUM has 2 senses:

1. the feeling of being bored by something tedious

2. dullness owing to length or slowness

  Familiarity information: TEDIUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The feeling of being bored by something tedious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

boredom; ennui; tedium

Hypernyms ("tedium" is a kind of...):

dissatisfaction (the feeling of being displeased and discontent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tedium"):

blahs (a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction)

fatigue ((always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something)

Derivation:

tedious (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dullness owing to length or slowness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

tediousness; tedium; tiresomeness

Hypernyms ("tedium" is a kind of...):

dullness (the quality of lacking interestingness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tedium"):

drag (something tedious and boring)

Derivation:

tedious (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness)

 Context examples 

There was something glad in your glance, and genial in your manner, when you conversed: I saw you had a social heart; it was the silent schoolroom—it was the tedium of your life—that made you mournful.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

As the omnibus contained only one other passenger, a sleepy old lady, Amy pocketed her veil and beguiled the tedium of the way by trying to find out where all her money had gone to.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)