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humdrum (encz) | humdrum,fádní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
humdrum (encz) | humdrum,jednotvárný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
humdrum (encz) | humdrum,nudný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Humdrum (gcide) | Humdrum \Hum"drum`\, a.
Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone." --Bryant.
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Humdrum (gcide) | Humdrum \Hum"drum`\, n.
1. A dull fellow; a bore. --B. Jonson.
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2. Monotonous and tedious routine.
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Dissatisfied with humdrum. --The Nation.
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3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse. Humect |
humdrum (wn) | humdrum
adj 1: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an
unglamorous job greasing engines" [syn: commonplace,
humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous]
2: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum
existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous
as the sea" [syn: humdrum, monotonous]
n 1: 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" [syn: monotony, humdrum, sameness] |
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Humdrum (gcide) | Humdrum \Hum"drum`\, a.
Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone." --Bryant.
[1913 Webster]Humdrum \Hum"drum`\, n.
1. A dull fellow; a bore. --B. Jonson.
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2. Monotonous and tedious routine.
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Dissatisfied with humdrum. --The Nation.
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3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse. Humect |
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