Ho-hum

Synonyms for "ho-hum" (75 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Adjective(5 words)

mundane banal bland cold colourless

arid barren blah blank bloodless characterless cold colorless dead

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (23)

Adjective(3 words)

deadening dull irksome

dismal dreary dry dryasdust dusty effete elephantine empty fade flat heavy hollow inane inexcitable insipid jejune

Adjective(4 words)

dreich drowsy humdrum lackluster

Related words (37)

Adjective(10 words)

languid lifeless prosaic snoozy soporific uncool unholiday wan weaksauce white bread

leaden lifeless low spirited monotonous pale pallid pedestrian plodding pointless poky ponderous prosaic solemn spiritless sterile stiff stodgy stuffy stupid superficial

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tasteless vapid wooden

Adjective(4 words)

slow tedious tiresome wearisome

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Translations

6 translations across 4 languages.

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Finnish

3 entries

mielenkiinnoton adj (boring; not interesting or novel)
tylsä adj (boring; not interesting or novel)
hohhoijaa intj (interjection used to express boredom, disinterest or lack of novelty)

German

1 entries

langweilig adj (boring; not interesting or novel)

Italian

1 entries

noioso adj (boring; not interesting or novel)

Russian

1 entries

ску́чный adj (boring; not interesting or novel)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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She wore ho-hum clothes, but practical ones.

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Look at all this paperwork. Ho-hum!

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