monotonous English

Meaning monotonous meaning

What does monotonous mean?

monotonous

— adjective (= humdrum) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety a humdrum existence; all work and no play nothing is so monotonous as the sea

— adjective sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch the owl's faint monotonous hooting

Synonyms monotonous synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as monotonous?

monotonous English » English

boring

tiresome

tedious

dull

flat

humdrum

monotonic

wearisome

uniform

monotone

repetitive

usual

unvaried

trite

singsong

same

prosaic

mediocre

worrying

whole-coloured

unrelieved

unmodulated

unexciting

uneventful

unchanging

troublesome

stodgy

sick of

self-coloured

sad

rigid

repetitous

repeated

prosaical

ordinary

one-colour

monochrome

monochromatic

mindless

irksome

identical

homogeneous

few

featureless

eventless

even

drab

common

bothering

blank

Topics monotonous topics

What do people use monotonous to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Uninterested, bored

• What words describe something that is uninteresting?
  uninteresting not very interesting boring dull tedious uneventful unexciting humdrum monotonous repetitive long-winded