HO-HUM Synonyms

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• using or containing too many words

• lacking taste or flavor or tang

• lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

• smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

• a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• of a light brownish green color

• causing dejection

• the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

• not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

• tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

• lacking brilliance or vitality

• lacking luster or shine

• tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

• found in the ordinary course of events

• concerned with the world or worldly matters

• belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

• a person who travels by foot

• lacking wit or imagination

• not fanciful or imaginative

• lacking wit or imagination

• not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

• marked by no noteworthy or significant events

• not stimulating

• not exciting

• depressing to the spirit

• arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement

• characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative

• found in the ordinary course of events

• not special in any way; lacking distinction

• the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

• at a slow tempo

• (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

• without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

• showing a time that is earlier than the actual time

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of business) not active or brisk

• lose velocity; move more slowly

• become slow or slower

• cause to proceed more slowly