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TIRESOMENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tiresomeness mean? 

TIRESOMENESS (noun)
  The noun TIRESOMENESS has 1 sense:

1. dullness owing to length or slownessplay

  Familiarity information: TIRESOMENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIRESOMENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dullness owing to length or slowness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

tediousness; tedium; tiresomeness

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

dullness (the quality of lacking interestingness)

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

drag (something tedious and boring)

Derivation:

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


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