irksomeness
51boredom — [n] disinterest; weariness apathy, detachment, disgust, distaste, doldrums, dullness, ennui, fatigue, flatness, incuriosity, indifference, irksomeness, jadedness, lack of interest, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, monotony, pococurantism,… …
52tedium — [n] dullness, monotony banality, boredom, deadness*, doldrums, drabness, dreariness, ennui, irksomeness, lack of interest, lifelessness, routine, sameness, tediousness, tiresomeness, wearisomeness, yawn*; concepts 388,410,668 Ant. diversion,… …
53irksome — [ʉrk′səm] adj. [ME irksum: see IRK & SOME1] that tends to irk; tiresome or annoying irksomely adv. irksomeness n …
54irksome — adj. tedious, annoying, tiresome. Derivatives: irksomely adv. irksomeness n. Etymology: ME, = tired etc., f. IRK + SOME(1) …
55te|di|um — «TEE dee uhm», noun. 1. the condition of being wearisome; tiresomeness; tediousness. SYNONYM(S): irksomeness. 2. ennui; boredom. ╂[< Latin taedium < taedet it is wearisome] …
