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1 monotony
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monotony — monotonous ► ADJECTIVE 1) tedious because repetitious. 2) without variation of tone or pitch. DERIVATIVES monotonously adverb monotony noun … English terms dictionary
monotony — noun 1) the monotony of everyday life Syn: tedium, tediousness, lack of variety, dullness, boredom, repetitiveness, uniformity, routineness, wearisomeness, tiresomeness; lack of excitement, uneventfulness, dreariness, colorlessness,… … Thesaurus of popular words
monotony — noun (U) a lack of variety that makes you feel bored: A small group of houses relieved the monotony of the landscape … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
monotony — noun Date: 1706 1. tedious sameness 2. sameness of tone or sound … New Collegiate Dictionary
monotony — noun a) tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety b) the property of a monotonic function … Wiktionary
monotony — noun the quality of being monotonous; tedious lack of variety … English new terms dictionary
monotony — mo|not|o|ny [ mə nat(ə)ni ] noun uncount a bored feeling caused by the fact that nothing different ever happens: the monotony of life in a prison camp … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
monotony — UK [məˈnɒtənɪ] / US [məˈnɑt(ə)nɪ] noun [uncountable] a bored feeling caused by the fact that nothing different ever happens the monotony of life in a prison camp … English dictionary
monotony — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. invariability, likeness, sameness, tediousness, similarity, continuity, continuance, oneness, identicalness, evenness, levelness, flatness, dreariness, unchangeableness, equability, boredom; jog trot*, even tenor*, the same … English dictionary for students
monotony — [məˈnɒtəni] noun [U] the fact that something never changes, so that it is boring … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
monotony — /məˈnɒtəni / (say muh notuhnee) noun 1. lack of variety, or wearisome uniformity, as in occupation, scenery, etc. 2. the continuance of an unvarying sound; monotone. 3. sameness of tone or pitch, as in utterance. {Late Greek monotonia} …