Humdrum

Hum′drumˊ

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Adj.

Monotonous; dull; commonplace.

“A humdrum crone.”

Bryant.

Hum′drumˊ

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Noun.

1.

A dull fellow; a bore.

B. Jonson.

2.

Monotonous and tedious routine.

Dissatisfied with

humdrum

.

The Nation.

Humdrum

HUM'DRUM

,

Adj.

Dull; stupid.

HUM'DRUM

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Noun.

A stupid fellow; a drone.

humdrum

English

Adjective

humdrum ‎(comparative more humdrum, superlative most humdrum)

Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

Translations

lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring

Catalan: avorrit (ca), tediós
Czech: jednotvárný (cs)
Dutch: saai (nl), vervelend (nl), eentonig (nl), slaapverwekkend (nl)
Finnish: yksitoikkoinen, tapahtumaköyhä
French: monotone (fr), ennuyeux (fr), embétant, soporifique (fr)
German: langweilig (de), monoton (de), eintönig (de), dröge (de), gleichförmig, trist (de), abgestumpft, einförmig (de)

Hungarian: unalmas (hu), egyhangú (hu), sivár (hu)
Polish: monotonny (pl) m, prozaiczny m
Russian: ску́чный (ru) ‎(skúčnyj), ску́чный (ru) ‎(skúšnyj), бана́льный (ru) ‎(banálʹnyj), бу́дничный (ru) ‎(búdničnyj), однообра́зный (ru) ‎(odnoobráznyj), прозаи́чный (ru) ‎(prozaíčnyj), моното́нный (ru) ‎(monotónnyj)

Noun

humdrum ‎(uncountable)

The quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness; monotony.
- 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest
  I think it helped distract us from the dry, humdrum, and heat of the here and now.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:boring

Translations

The quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness

French: traintrain (fr) m
German: Monotonie (de), Einerlei (de), Tristesse (de)

Russian: повседне́вность (ru) f ‎(povsednévnostʹ), однообра́зие (ru) n ‎(odnoobrázije)

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