Synonyms for humdrum
ˈhʌmˌdrʌmhum·drum

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1. humdrumnoun

   Synonyms:
   doldrum

2. humdrumadjective

   Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

   Synonyms:
   doldrum

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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   sameness, monotony

   Antonyms:
   exciting, lively

2. 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, unglamourous

   Antonyms:
   lively, exciting

3. humdrum, 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

   Antonyms:
   lively, exciting

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1. humdrumadjective

   Synonyms:
   dull, prosy, dronish, stupid, wearisome, tiresome

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1. humdrumadjective

   Synonyms:
   monotonous, tedious, prosy, tiresome

2. humdrumnoun

   Synonyms:
   monotony, tedium

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How to use humdrum in a sentence?

1. Saki:

   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.

2. Carl Sagan:

   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.

3. Joseph de Maistre:

   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.

4. John Prine:

   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.