Listening practice tends to be monotonous.
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Monotonous
//məˈnɒtənəs//
Synonyms for "monotonous" (182 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (91)
Adjective(31 words)
Adjective(1 words)
never endingnever-endingnonstopordinarypedestrianperennialperiodicploddingpokyprolixprosaicrecurrentrepetitiousrepetitiverhymedrhyminground-the-clockroutinerun-of-the-millrunning
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sameseamlessserriedsingsongsleep-inducingslowsmoothsoporificstablesteadystodgystraightstupidtediousthreadbaretiresometiringtreadmilltwenty-four-hourunbrokenunceasingundifferentiatedunendinguneventfulunexcitinguniformuninterestingunintermittedunintermittentunintermittinguninterruptedunmodulatedunrelievedunremittingunstoppedunvariedunvaryingwearisomewearying
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μονότονος adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
Arabic
1 entries- مُمِلّ adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Bulgarian
3 entries- еднообразен adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- монотонен adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- скучен adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Catalan
2 entries- monòton adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monòton adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Cebuano
3 entries- puol adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- sum-ol adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- sumo adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 單調 /单调 adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Czech
4 entries- fádní adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- jednotvárný adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- monotónní adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monotónní adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Danish
4 entries- ensformig adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- enstonig adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monoton adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monoton adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Dutch
4 entries- eentonig adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- eentonig adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- monotoon adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monotoon adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Esperanto
2 entries- monotona adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- unutona adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
Finnish
4 entries- ikävystyttävä adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- kyllästyttävä adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- monotoninen adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monotoninen adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Galician
2 entries- monótono adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monótono adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
German
4 entries- abwechslungslos adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- eintönig adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- monoton adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monoton adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Greek
2 entries- ανιαρός adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- μονότονος adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
Hebrew
1 entries- מונוטוני adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
Hungarian
4 entries- egyhangú adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- egyhangú adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- monoton adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monoton adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Irish
1 entries- aontonach adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
Italian
2 entries- monocorde adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monotono adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Japanese
2 entries- 単調な adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- 単調な adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Macedonian
4 entries- до́саден adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- е́днолик adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- едно́личен adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- едноо́бразен adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
Polish
1 entries- monotonny adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
Portuguese
2 entries- monótono adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monótono adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Russian
4 entries- моното́нный adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- моното́нный adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- однозву́чный adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- однообра́зный adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aon-ghuthach adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
Spanish
2 entries- monótono adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monótono adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Swedish
3 entries- enformig adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
- entonig adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- monoton adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
Turkish
2 entries- tekdüze adj (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- tekdüze adj (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
This story is rather monotonous.
Source: tatoeba (56452)
I am tired of my monotonous life.
Source: tatoeba (259386)
I'm tired of the monotonous life.
Source: tatoeba (259387)
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