Humdrum

//ˈhʌmdɹʌm//

Synonyms for "humdrum" (197 found)

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Closest matches (40)

monotonous monotony arid alliterating alliteration alliterative assonance assonant banal banausic beaten path belabored blah bore boring broken record broken-record buttonholer chanting chime

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chiming cliche-ridden common commonplace crashing bore deadly dim dingdong doldrum drab

Noun(1 words)

monotony

Adjective(8 words)

banal beat blah bland boring cold colourless drab

Adjective(1 words)

commonplace

Strong matches (59)

drag drearisome dreary drip drone dry dryasdust dull dusty everlasting flat flat tire frightful bore general gray grey hack harping headache insipid

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invariability invariable irk irksomeness jejune jingle jingle-jangle jog trot jog-trot labored literal long winded long-winded matter-of-fact monotone monotonousness mundane near rhyme nuisance ordinary pain in the neck

Adjective(16 words)

dreich drowsy dull dull as dishwater flat heavy going ho-hum insipid lackluster lame languid lifeless longsome monotonous mundane no fun at parties

Noun(1 words)

dullness

Adjective(1 words)

monotonous

Related words (98)

Adjective(24 words)

pedantic pedestrian plain plodding prosaic prosy snoozeworthy snoozy soporific standard issue static stodgy straightforward stuffy tedious uncool unholiday uninteresting vanilla vapid

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wan weaksauce white bread wooden

pedestrian pest pill pitter patter pitter-patter plain plodding poetryless poky prolix prosaic proser prosing prosy repeated sounds repetitious repetitiousness repetitive repetitiveness rhyme

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Adjective(3 words)

prosaic unglamorous unglamourous

Noun(1 words)

sameness

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

1 entries

unvariedness

Synonyms

4 entries

doldrum monotonous monotony unglamourous

derived

3 entries

humdrumly humdrummery humdrumness

etymologically related_to

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hum

is a

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film

related to

9 entries

boring commonplace commonplaceness dull dullness fellow monotonous monotony stupid

similar

2 entries

dull unexciting

Translations

69 translations across 16 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

банален adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
блудкав adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
еднообразен adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
монотонен adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Catalan

2 entries

avorrit adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
tediós adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

乏味嘅 adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
刻板嘅 adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
單調嘅 /单调嘅 adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Czech

3 entries

fádní adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
jednotvárný adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
nudný adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Dutch

4 entries

eentonig adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
saai adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
slaapverwekkend adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
vervelend adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Finnish

2 entries

tapahtumaköyhä adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
yksitoikkoinen adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

French

4 entries

embétant adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
ennuyeux adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
monotone adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
soporifique adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

German

4 entries

abgestumpft adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
dröge adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
einförmig adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
eintönig adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Hebrew

2 entries

משעמם adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
שגרתי adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Hungarian

3 entries

egyhangú adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
sivár adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
unalmas adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Māori

1 entries

mākihakiha adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Occitan

4 entries

anugiu adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
anugivol adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
anujós adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
anujament noun (The quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness)

Polish

4 entries

monotonny adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
nudny adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
prozaiczny adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
monotonność noun (The quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness)

Russian

4 entries

бана́льный adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
бу́дничный adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
моното́нный adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
однообра́зный adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Spanish

3 entries

aburrido adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
soso adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
tedioso adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Vietnamese

2 entries

buồn tẻ adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)
nhàm chán adj (lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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Many American office workers live an uninteresting, humdrum existence.

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I'm tired of this humdrum existence.

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It's very humdrum.

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She tried to escape the humdrum of life by starting to meet another man.

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