humdrum

hum·drum

 (hŭm′drŭm′)

adj.

Lacking variety or excitement. See Synonyms at dull.

n.

Monotonous talk or routine.

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[Probably from hum.]

humdrum

(ˈhʌmˌdrʌm)

adj

ordinary; dull

n

a monotonous routine, task, or person

[C16: rhyming compound, probably based on hum]

ˈhumˌdrumness n

hum•drum

(ˈhʌmˌdrʌm)

adj.

1. lacking variety; boring; dull.

n.

2. humdrum character or routine; monotony.

[1545–55; earlier humtrum, rhyming compound based on hum]

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"

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

humdrum

adjective

Arousing no interest or curiosity:

boring, drear, dreary, dry, dull, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary.

noun

A tiresome lack of variety:

monotone, monotonousness, monotony, sameness.

Translations

رتيب، مُمِل

jednotvárný

kedsommelig

eintönig

monotone

egyhangúsivárunalmas

hversdagslegur, leiîinlegur

monotono

garlaicīgsvienmuļš

monotonnyprozaiczny

sıkıcısıradanyavan

乏味的单调的

humdrum

[ˈhʌmdrʌm] ADJ → monótono, rutinario

humdrum

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

humdrum

adj → stumpfsinnig

humdrum

[ˈhʌmˌdrʌm] adj → monotono/a, banale

humdrum

(ˈhamdram) adjective

dull. a humdrum life. eentonig رتيب، مُمِل скучен monótono jednotvárný eintönig kedsommelig μονότονοςmonótono 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, monotonmonotonny په یو خوځښت، یو نواخت monótono monoton однообразный jednotvárny dolgočasen dosadan enformig น่าเบื่อ sıkıcı, yavan, sıradan 一成不變的 нудний, одноманітний بے لطف nhàm chán 乏味的，单调的