Humdrum
['hʌmdrʌm]
Definition
(adj.) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; 'a humdrum existence; all work and no play'; 'nothing is so monotonous as the sea' .
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Definition
(a.) Monotonous; dull; commonplace.
(n.) A dull fellow; a bore.
(n.) Monotonous and tedious routine.
(n.) A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Dull, prosy, dronish, stupid, wearisome, tiresome.
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Definition
adj. dull: droning: monotonous: commonplace.—n. a stupid fellow: monotony tedious talk.
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Examples
- Your Wellington is the most humdrum of commonplace martinets, whose slow, mechanical movements are further cramped by an ignorant home government. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It's rather jog-trotty and humdrum. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Becky was very respectable and orderly at first, but the life of humdrum virtue grew utterly tedious to her before long. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- For some time past it is Humdrum Hall no longer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Let us return to Humdrum Hall. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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