The droning synthesizers and muted percussion can feed a languid, dozy mood, or they can just seem self-indulgently boring, depending on the listener's mood and taste.
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Droning
//ˈdɹəʊnɪŋ//
Synonyms for "droning" (41 found)
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Related words (20)
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4 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- hurina noun (dull humming)
German
1 entries- Gebrumm noun (dull humming)
Irish
1 entries- drantán noun (dull humming)
Polish
1 entries- buczenie noun (dull humming)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
For a long while a man may hear the droning of little insects and yet not be aware that he hath heard them, so may the gods not hear our prayers at first until they have been very oft repeated.
Source: wiktionary
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