monotonous

monotonous
adj
1. unvarying, unchanging, undeviating, repetitious; uneventful, humdrum, routine, unvaried, undiversified, all the same, uniform; ba-naustic, mechanical, practical; dull, tedious, tiresome, boring, boresome, wearisome; prosaic, prosy, matter-of-fact, uninteresting, ho-hum, Sl. dead, dry, dry-as dust, unexciting, uninspiring, dreary, heavy; ordinary, run-of-the-mill, common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, household; tasteless, bland, flat, vapid, Sl. blah.
2. droning, chanting, drumming; singsong, canting; buzzing, whirring, humming.

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  • Monotonous — Mo*not o*nous, a. [Gr. ?; mo nos alone, single + ? tone. See {Tone}.] Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. {Mo*not o*nous*ly}, adv. {Mo*not o*nous*ness}, n …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • monotonous — index insistent, jejune (dull), lifeless (dull), pedestrian, ponderous, prolix, prosaic …   Law dictionary

  • monotonous — (adj.) 1750, of sound, from Gk. monotonos of one tone (see MONOTONY (Cf. monotony)). Transferred and figurative use, lacking in variety, uninteresting, is from 1783. Related: Monotonously …   Etymology dictionary

  • monotonous — dreary, pedestrian, humdrum, *dull, stodgy Analogous words: wearisome, boring, *irksome, tedious, tiresome Contrasted words: varying, changing (see CHANGE vb): fresh, novel, *new: interesting, absorbing, engrossing …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • monotonous — [adj] all the same, remaining the same banausic, blah*, boring, colorless, dreary, droning, dull, dull as dishwater*, flat, flat as pancake*, ho hum*, humdrum*, monotone, nothing, pedestrian, plodding, prosaic, puts one to sleep*, recurrent,… …   New thesaurus

  • monotonous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) tedious because repetitious. 2) without variation of tone or pitch. DERIVATIVES monotonously adverb monotony noun …   English terms dictionary

  • monotonous — [mə nät′ n əs] adj. [LL monotonus < Gr monotonos:MONO & TONE] 1. going on in the same tone without variation 2. having little or no variation or variety 3. tiresome because unvarying monotonously adv. monotonousness n …   English World dictionary

  • monotonous — adj. monotonous to + inf. (it is monotonous to watch television every day = it is monotonous watching television every day) * * * [mə nɒt(ə)nəs] monotonous to + inf. (it is monotonous to watch television every day = it is monotonous watching… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • monotonous — mo|not|o|nous [ mə nat(ə)nəs ] adjective a monotonous sound or voice is boring and unpleasant because it does not change in loudness or become higher or lower: the monotonous sound of water dripping from a leaky faucet a. a monotonous job is very …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • monotonous — UK [məˈnɒtənəs] / US [məˈnɑt(ə)nəs] adjective a) a monotonous sound or voice is boring and unpleasant because it does not change in loudness or become higher or lower the monotonous sound of water dripping from a leaky tap b) a monotonous job is… …   English dictionary

  • monotonous — [[t]mənɒ̱tənəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is monotonous is very boring because it has a regular, repeated pattern which never changes. It s monotonous work, like most factory jobs... The food may get a bit monotonous, but there ll be enough… …   English dictionary

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