humdrum

hum·drum  (hmdrm)

adj.

Lacking variety or excitement; dull. See Synonyms at boring, dull.

n.

Monotonous talk or routine.

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[Probably from hum.]

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humdrum [ˈhʌmˌdrʌm]

adj

ordinary; dull

n

a monotonous routine, task, or person

[rhyming compound, probably based on hum]

humdrumness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	humdrum - the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served" monotony, sameness unvariedness - characterized by an absence of variation
Adj.	1.	humdrum - not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" unglamorous, unglamourous, commonplace, prosaic unexciting - not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life"
	2.	humdrum - tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea" monotonous dull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

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humdrum

adjective dull, ordinary, boring, routine, commonplace, mundane, tedious, dreary, banal, tiresome, monotonous, uneventful, uninteresting, mind-numbing, ho-hum (informal), repetitious, wearisome, unvaried trapped in a humdrum but well-paid job
interesting, exciting, dramatic, extraordinary, entertaining, stimulating, sexy (informal), lively

Translations

humdrum [ˈhʌmdrʌm] ADJ → monótono, rutinario

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humdrum [ˈhʌmdrʌm] adj [existence, job] → monotone, routinier/ière

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humdrum

adj → stumpfsinnig

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humdrum [ˈhʌmˌdrʌm] adj → monotono/a, banale

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humdrum

adj humdrum [ˈhamdram]

dull a humdrum life. eentonig رتيب، مُمِل скучен jednotvárný kedsommelig eintönig μονότονος monótono üksluine يكنواخت tylsä monotone מְשַעֲמֵם नीरस dosadan, jednolican, monoton unalmas membosankan hversdagslegur, leiðinlegur monotono 退屈な 단조로운 neįdomus, pilkas, banalus vienmuļš; garlaicīgs membosankan huis, tuin en keuken ensformig, monoton monotonny monótono monoton однообразный jednotvárny dolgočasen dosadan enformig น่าเบื่อ sıkıcı, yavan, sıradan 一成不變的 нудний, одноманітний بے لطف nhàm chán 单调的