ad nauseam

Until utterly tiresome

Ad nauseam means to a sickening or excessive degree—literally "to nausea" in Latin.

It describes something repeated or continued so relentlessly that it becomes tiresome: The politician repeated the same talking points ad nauseam.

The phrase implies the audience has had more than enough: We've been over this ad nauseam.

repetition

reiteration

Saying something again

redundancyNeedless duplication
recurrenceReturn of something previous
iterationRepeated procedural pass

rehash · harping · drumming · hammering · droning · parroting · broken record · refrain · mantra · chorus

excess

overkill

Unnecessary additional effort

saturationState of complete permeation
overdoseHarmful excess intake
glutExcessive surplus

surfeit · inundation · deluge · overabundance · oversupply · overload · barrage · bombardment · onslaught · relentlessness

tedium

monotony

Tiresome lack of change

boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
wearinessState of being drained
tediousnessQuality of causing weariness

dullness · dreariness · tiresomeness · fatigue · ennui · staleness · exhaustion · numbness · glazed eyes · tuning out

Categories

Latin Wordsad, et, caveat emptor, affidavit, habeas corpus
Latin phrasesE pluribus unum, carpe diem, caveat emptor, veni vidi vici, ad astra
cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
repetitionagain, repeat, repeated, recurring, recurrence
escalationescalation, escalate, ratchet up, worsen, intensify
LatinLatin, Latin vocabulary, Latin roots, Latin alphabet, Latin phrases

Opposites

repetition/duration

ad nauseamsparingly

In limited amounts

briefly · once · occasionally · infrequently · rarely

verbal/communicative style

ad nauseamconcisely

In few words

succinctly · briefly · tersely · laconically · pithily

Family

nausea, nauseous, nauseating, nauseated, nauseate

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G