tediousness

Questions about tediousness

What does tediousness mean?

tediousness means "dullness owing to length or slowness".

How many syllables are in tediousness?

tediousness has 4 syllables and divides as te-di-ou-sness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tediousness?

Close synonyms include tedium, tiresomeness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tediousness a common word?

tediousness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.