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Humdrum

Humdrum Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Humdrum? [adj] tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea" [adj] not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Humdrum: commonplace \| dull \| monotonous \| prosaic \| unexciting \| unglamorous \| unglamourous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Humdrum: alliterating \| alliteration \| alliterative \| assonance \| assonant \| banal \| banausic \| belabored \| blah \| bore \| boring \| broken record \| broken-record \| buttonholer \| chanting \| chime \| chiming \| cliche-ridden \| common \| commonplace \| crashing bore \| dim \| dingdong \| drab \| drag \| drearisome \| dreary \| drip \| drone \| dry \| dryasdust \| dull \| dusty \| everlasting \| flat \| flat tire \| frightful bore \| gray \| harping \| headache \| insipid \| invariability \| invariable \| irk \| irksomeness \| jejune \| jingle \| jingle-jangle \| jog-trot \| labored \| long-winded \| matter-of-fact \| monotone \| monotonous \| monotonousness \| monotony \| mundane \| near rhyme \| nuisance \| ordinary \| pedestrian \| pest \| pill \| pitter-patter \| plain \| plodding \| poetryless \| prolix \| prosaic \| proser \| prosing \| prosy \| repeated sounds \| repetitious \| repetitiousness \| repetitive \| repetitiveness \| rhyme \| rhymed \| rhyming \| routine \| same \| sameliness \| samely \| sameness \| singsong \| slant rhyme \| stale repetition \| stodgy \| tedious \| tedium \| the beaten track \| the daily round \| the round \| the squirrel cage \| the treadmill \| the weary round \| tiresome \| treadmill \| trot \| twaddler \| unchanging \| undeviation \| undiversified \| unembellished \| uneventful \| unexciting \| unidealistic \| unimaginative \| unimpassioned \| uninteresting \| unnecessary repetition \| unpoetic \| unrelieved \| unromantic \| unvariation \| unvaried \| unvarying \| vapid \| wearisome \| wearisome sameness \| wet blanket See Also \| Humdrum In Webster's Dictionary \Hum"drum`\, a. Monotonous; dull; commonplace. ``A humdrum crone.'' --Bryant. \Hum"drum`\, n. 1. A dull fellow; a bore. --B. Jonson. 2. Monotonous and tedious routine. Dissatisfied with humdrum. --The Nation. 3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.

Humdrum Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Humdrum?

[adj] tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
[adj] not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"

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Humdrum In Webster's Dictionary

\Hum"drum`\, a.
Monotonous; dull; commonplace. ``A humdrum crone.'' --Bryant.

\Hum"drum`\, n.
1. A dull fellow; a bore. --B. Jonson.

2. Monotonous and tedious routine.

         Dissatisfied with humdrum.            --The Nation.

3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.

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