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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monotony |
| Synonyms: | colorlessness, continuance, continuity, dreariness, dryness, dullness, ennui, equability, evenness, flatness, humdrum*, identicalness, invariability, levelness, likeness, monotonousness, oneness, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, routine, same old thing, sameness, similarity, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unchangeableness, uniformity, wearisomeness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | darkish |
| Synonyms: | blah, bleary, blurred, caliginous, cloudy, dark, dingy, dreary, dull, dusk, dusky, faded, faint, flat, fuzzy, gloomy, gray, ill-defined, indistinct, lackluster, lightless, mat, monotone, monotonous, murky, muted, obscured, opaque, overcast, pale, poorly lit, shadowy, sullied, tarnished, tenebrous, unclear, unilluminated, vague, weak |
| Antonyms: | bright, brilliant, clear, distinct, light |
| Main Entry: | humdrum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uneventful |
| Synonyms: | arid, banausic, blah, bromidic, common, commonplace, dim, dime a dozen, drab, dreary, dull, everyday, garden-variety, insipid, lifeless, monotone, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, plodding, prosy, repetitious, routine, tedious, tiresome, toneless, treadmill, uninteresting, unvaried, vanilla, wearisome, white-bread |
| Antonyms: | busy, eventful, exciting, lively, unusual |
| Main Entry: | monotonous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all the same, remaining the same |
| Synonyms: | 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, reiterated, repetitious, repetitive, samely, sing-song, soporific, tedious, tiresome, toneless, treadmill, unchanged, unchanging, uniform, uninflected, uninteresting, unrelieved, unvaried, unvarying, wearisome, wearying |
| Antonyms: | changing, ever-changing, exciting, lively, variable, versatile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | monotony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boredom; sameness |
| Synonyms: | colorlessness, continuance, continuity, dreariness, dryness, dullness, ennui, equability, evenness, flatness, humdrum*, identicalness, invariability, levelness, likeness, monotone, monotonousness, oneness, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, routine, same old thing, similarity, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unchangeableness, uniformity, wearisomeness |
| Antonyms: | change, color, excitement, liveliness, variability, versatility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pedestrian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | everyday, dull |
| Synonyms: | banal, banausic, blah*, boring, commonplace, dim, dreary, flat, humdrum*, inane, jejune, mediocre, monotone, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, platitudinous, plodding, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, stodgy, truistic, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | different, exceptional, extraordinary, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | monotonousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monotony |
| Synonyms: | colorlessness, continuance, continuity, dreariness, dryness, dullness, ennui, equability, evenness, flatness, humdrum*, identicalness, invariability, levelness, likeness, monotone, oneness, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, routine, same old thing, sameness, similarity, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unchangeableness, uniformity, wearisomeness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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