humdrum

[huhm-druhm] / ˈhʌmˌdrʌm /

ADJECTIVE

boring, uneventful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drab dreary everyday monotonous mundane plodding tedious uninteresting

STRONG

blah common commonplace monotone ordinary pedestrian routine treadmill vanilla

WEAK

arid banausic bromidic dim dime a dozen dull garden-variety insipid lifeless prosy repetitious tiresome toneless unvaried wearisome white-bread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exciting interesting

STRONG

abnormal different exceptional extraordinary rare uncommon unusual

WEAK

busy eventful lively

Example Sentences

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Seven had her tongue out on one side, holding up two fingers like she’d seen humdrums do in a textbook once, and Thorn smiled wide.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

You can 'live good,' or try to, if you like; and stay down here all alone with the doldrums and the humdrums.

From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie

I'd shake the humdrums out of you, I guess!

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 10, June 4, 1870 by Various

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