humdrum
Meanings
Plural: humdrums
Noun
- the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
- "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"
- The quality of lacking variety or excitement.
- A stupid fellow.
Adjective Satellite
- not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
- tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
- "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"
Adj
- Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
Origin / Etymology
Possible reduplication of hum, 1550s.
Synonyms
banal, beat, blah, bland, boring, cold, colourless, commonplace, drab, dreich, drowsy, dull, dull as dishwater, dullness, flat, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, lackluster, lame, languid, lifeless, longsome, monotonous, monotony, mundane, no fun at parties, pedantic, pedestrian, plain, plodding, prosaic, prosy, sameness, snoozeworthy, soporific, static, stodgy, straightforward, tedious, uncool, unglamorous, unglamourous, uninteresting, vanilla, vapid, wan, weaksauce, wooden
Scrabble Score: 15
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