HUMDRUM
(noun) 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 : monotony , sameness(adj.) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
"a humdrum existence; all work and no play", "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
synonyms : monotonousanother humdrum day at the office -added by nithi
(adj.) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
"an unglamorous job greasing engines"
synonyms : commonplace , prosaic , unglamorous , unglamourousAmit was tired of his prosaic job as a clothes salesman. -added by naila_inlas
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Mnemonics for humdrum
(Tag: English) one movie named HUMDUM (a bollywoodmovie) was released which was dull & boring..
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(Tag: ) hum(human)+drum..so a human being beating the drum in a monotonus way.
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(Tag: ) human+drum= means a human who is a drum(dho; in hindi),wo insan jo ek ek khali dhol hai wo dull hai..
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(Tag: ) IF U DONT HAVE A HUMDUM UR LIFE WILL BE BORING and MONOTONOUS ie. DOING THE SAME WORK EVERYDAY..
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(Tag: ) hum drum = human drum = human dhol = dholu insaan. dholu is very boring
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(Tag: ) Humdrum:reduplication of hum......Monotonous and boring.
added by rakei
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(Tag: ) Humdrum is Humdum...dull fim Drone is Drona...dull film
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(Tag: ) when ppl hum(means us) & the rum we r becomes idle sleepy mode..
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