humdrum
11humdrum — humdrumness, n. /hum drum /, adj. 1. lacking variety; boring; dull: a humdrum existence. n. 2. humdrum character or routine; monotony. 3. monotonous or tedious talk. 4. Archaic. a dull, boring person. [1545 55; earlier humtrum, rhyming compound… …
12humdrum — hum|drum [ˈhʌmdrʌm] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: hum] boring and ordinary, and having no variety or interest = ↑tedious humdrum existence/job/life etc ▪ the prisoners humdrum routine …
13humdrum — adjective boring and ordinary, and having very little variety or interest: a humdrum existence/job: a humdrum office job …
14humdrum — adjective Etymology: reduplication of hum Date: 1553 monotonous, dull • humdrum noun …
15humdrum — adj. Humdrum is used with these nouns: ↑existence, ↑routine …
16humdrum — adjective they were quite wrong in assuming that the lighthouse keeper led a lonely and humdrum life Syn: mundane, dull, dreary, boring, tedious, monotonous, prosaic; unexciting, uninteresting, uneventful, unvaried, repetitive, unremarkable;… …
17humdrum — hum•drum [[t]ˈhʌmˌdrʌm[/t]] adj. 1) lacking variety; boring; dull 2) humdrum character or routine; monotony • Etymology: 1545–55; earlier humtrum, rhyming compound based on hum …
18Humdrum and Harum-Scarum — Humdrum and Harum Scarum: A Lecture on Free Verse is an essay by the poet Robert Bridges, first published in November 1922 in both the North American Review and the London Mercury. In it Bridges explains what he regards as the adverse conditions… …
19humdrum — adjective /ˈhʌmˌdɹʌm/ Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring. Syn: doldrum …
20humdrum — Synonyms and related words: alliterating, alliteration, alliterative, assonance, assonant, banal, banausic, belabored, blah, bore, boring, broken record, broken record, buttonholer, chanting, chime, chiming, cliche ridden, common, commonplace,… …
