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Antonyms for humdrum
ˈhʌmˌdrʌmhum·drum
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monotony, humdrum, samenessadjective
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
"he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourousadjective
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
"an unglamorous job greasing engines"
Synonyms:
shopworn, prosaic, monotonous, trite, old-hat, unglamorous, earthbound, threadbare, tired, timeworn, stock(a), matter-of-fact, hackneyed, well-worn, banal, prosy, commonplace, pedestrian, unglamouroushumdrum, monotonousadjective
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
"a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
Synonyms:
monotonic, unglamourous, monotone, commonplace, monotonous, unglamorous, prosaic, flat
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How to use humdrum in a sentence?
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
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Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist, i was just playing music for the fun of it and writing songs. That was kind of my escape, you know, from the humdrum of the world.
In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.
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