HUMDRUM Synonyms

• tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

• not fanciful or imaginative

• lacking wit or imagination

• not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

• the act of drilling

• the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• 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

• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• causing dejection

• 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

• found in the ordinary course of events

• concerned with the world or worldly matters

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

• not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

• a judge of a probate court

• the expected or commonplace condition or situation

• a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

• an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

• (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

• characterized by repetition

• repetitive and persistent

• an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

• a short performance that is part of a longer program

• a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

• found in the ordinary course of events

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• using or containing too many words

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• marked by no noteworthy or significant events

• not stimulating

• not exciting

• arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement

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

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• A fictional or generic location that is boring or dull.

• A state or condition of boredom or disinterest.

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

• constancy of tone or pitch or inflection

• the quality of being slow to understand

• the quality of lacking interestingness

• a lack of visual brightness

• lack of sensibility

• without sharpness or clearness of edge or point