Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The quality of lacking variety or excitement.

    Monotonie, Einerlei, Tristesse

    повседне́вностьpovsednévnostʹ, однообра́зиеodnoobrázije

    the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

  2. (countable, dated)A stupid fellow.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I'm tired of this humdrum existence.

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  2. She tried to escape the humdrum of life by starting to meet another man.

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  3. It's very humdrum.

    ruЭто весьма банально.

    deDas ist sehr alltäglich.

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  4. Many American office workers live an uninteresting, humdrum existence.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness:

Origin

Sound-symbolic, possible reduplication of hum, 1550s.

Sound-symbolic, possible reduplication of hum, 1550s.

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Forms

plural: humdrums
Singularhumdrum
Pluralhumdrums

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety:monotonysameness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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