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1 humdrum
humdrum ['hʌmdrʌm](person, story) banal; (task, life) monotone, banal, routinier;∎ I'm sick of this humdrum routine j'en ai marre de ce train-train2 nounmonotonie f, banalité f
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humdrum — hum|drum [ˈhʌmdrʌm] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: hum] boring and ordinary, and having no variety or interest = ↑tedious humdrum existence/job/life etc ▪ the prisoners humdrum routine … Dictionary of contemporary English
Humdrum — Hum drum , n. 1. A dull fellow; a bore. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. Monotonous and tedious routine. [1913 Webster] Dissatisfied with humdrum. The Nation. [1913 Webster] 3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
humdrum — [hum′drum΄] adj. [echoic extension (infl. by DRUM1) of HUM1] lacking variety; dull; monotonous; boring n. humdrum talk, routine, etc.; monotony … English World dictionary
humdrum — [adj] boring, uneventful 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 … New thesaurus
humdrum — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ dull or monotonous. ► NOUN ▪ monotonous routine. ORIGIN probably a reduplication of HUM(Cf. ↑hummer) … English terms dictionary
humdrum — humdrumness, n. /hum drum /, adj. 1. lacking variety; boring; dull: a humdrum existence. n. 2. humdrum character or routine; monotony. 3. monotonous or tedious talk. 4. Archaic. a dull, boring person. [1545 55; earlier humtrum, rhyming compound… … Universalium
routine — [[t]ruːti͟ːn[/t]] ♦♦♦ routines 1) N VAR: usu with supp, oft N n, adj N A routine is the usual series of things that you do at a particular time. A routine is also the practice of regularly doing things in a fixed order. The players had to change… … English dictionary
routine — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 normal order/way of doing things ADJECTIVE ▪ set ▪ strict ▪ dull, humdrum (esp. BrE), monotonous ▪ familiar … Collocations dictionary
humdrum — /ˈhʌmdrʌm / (say humdrum) adjective 1. lacking variety; dull: a humdrum existence. –noun 2. humdrum character or routine; monotony. 3. monotonous or tedious talk. 4. a dull boring person. {varied reduplication of hum1} …
routine — 1. noun 1) his morning routine Syn: procedure, practice, pattern, drill, regime, programme, schedule, plan 2) a stand up routine Syn: act, performance, number … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
humdrum — adj. Humdrum is used with these nouns: ↑existence, ↑routine … Collocations dictionary