Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈhʌmˌdɹʌm/
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humdrum
- Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:boring
- 1999, Lucy Honig, The Truly Needy And Other Stories, University of Pittsburgh Press (ISBN 9780822978794), page 89:
- He suggested cusk, because he knew they would have it. She had never heard of cusk. “Doesn't it sound exotic!” she said. “Exotic indeed!” he laughed, and almost told her what a humdrum fish it really was, but stopped himself.
- French: monotone, ennuyeux, embétant, soporifique
- German: langweilig, monoton, eintönig, dröge, gleichförmig, trist, abgestumpft, einförmig
- Russian: ску́чный
- Spanish: aburrido, tedioso, soso
humdrum
- (uncountable) The quality of lacking variety or excitement.
- Synonyms: dullness, monotony
- 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest
- I think it helped distract us from the dry, humdrum, and heat of the here and now.
- (countable, dated) A stupid fellow.
- 1834, Elizabeth Frances Dagley, The Young Seer, Or Early Searches Into Futurity (page 103)
- So, after settling it that Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were complete country humdrums, the daughters hoydens, the sons awkward half-dandies, and the company altogether any thing but agreeable, she came to a conclusion she had done fifty times before, that the country was not like London.
- 1834, Elizabeth Frances Dagley, The Young Seer, Or Early Searches Into Futurity (page 103)
- French: traintrain
- German: Monotonie, Einerlei, Tristesse
- Russian: повседне́вность
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