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droning

ADJECTIVE

drawling

Synonyms

STRONG

dull slow

WEAK

languid

Antonyms

STRONG

active intelligent quick smart

ADJECTIVE

monotonous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boring dreary dull ho-hum humdrum plodding repetitious repetitive tedious tiresome

WEAK

banausic blah colorless dull as dishwater flat flat as pancake monotone nothing pedestrian prosaic puts one to sleep recurrent reiterated samely sing-song soporific toneless treadmill unchanged unchanging uniform uninflected uninteresting unrelieved unvaried unvarying wearisome wearying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright clear eventful exciting interesting light lively

WEAK

changing ever-changing variable versatile

NOUN

idleness

Synonyms

STRONG

dawdling dormancy hibernation inactivity indolence inertia leisure lethargy loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggishness stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment

WEAK

dilly-dallying goof-off time joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time on one's hands time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating

Antonyms

STRONG

activity energy life liveliness vigor

WEAK

action ambition busyness diligence employment hustle industry labor occupation work

NOUN

inactivity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lethargy sluggishness stagnation

STRONG

dawdling dormancy hibernation idleness indolence inertia inertness leisure loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment

WEAK

dilly-dallying goof-off time inoperativeness joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time on one's hands time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

energy vigor

STRONG

employment work

NOUN

inertness

Synonyms

STRONG

dawdling dormancy hibernation idleness inactivity indolence inertia leisure lethargy loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggishness stagnation stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment

WEAK

dilly-dallying goof-off time inoperativeness joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time on one's hands time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating

Antonyms

STRONG

activity busyness employment energy life liveliness vigor work

NOUN

inoperativeness

Synonyms

WEAK

dawdling dilly-dallying dormancy goof-off time hibernation idleness inactivity indolence inertia inertness joblessness laze lazing leisure lethargy loafing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggishness stagnation stupor time on one's hands time to burn time to kill time-wasting torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment vegetating

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An audio reader daren’t go flat, for fear of droning on and boring the listener, but as this audiobook shows, excessive buoyancy also carries a risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Dillon also mocked his critics during the episode, impersonating them in a droning voice: “They don’t believe in anything, these people.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

"It is a very low humming, droning, pulsating noise. It's incredibly intrusive and distressing," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

Any images of graphic violence are forgone for droning, surrealist soundscapes that communicate the fear felt inside the boundaries of Nickel Academy just as effectively.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

Fiat taxis run the gauntlet, honking promiscuously above Arabic monologs droning from speakers.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

droning

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