Definitions

monotonous

[muh-not-n-uhs] / məˈnɒt n əs /

ADJECTIVE

all the same, remaining the same

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boring dreary dull ho-hum humdrum plodding repetitious repetitive tedious tiresome

WEAK

banausic blah colorless droning dull as dishwater flat flat as pancake monotone nothing pedestrian prosaic puts one to sleep recurrent reiterated samely sing-song soporific toneless treadmill unchanged unchanging uniform uninflected uninteresting unrelieved unvaried unvarying wearisome wearying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright clear eventful exciting interesting light lively

WEAK

changing ever-changing variable versatile

Example Sentences

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I, meanwhile, am earning a fortune from a business I despise, Baby Monotonous, that makes dolls that look and speak like real people.

From The Guardian • May 13, 2013

Monotonous languor seems almost the key to an uncanny series of decisions and events that shackled German strength on Dday.

From Time Magazine Archive

Returning to New York City, Kitt conquered café society and became a pop sensation with "Monotonous," "C'est si bon" and "Santa Baby."

From Time Magazine Archive

Monotonous, ugly and self-concerned, their verbal mating dance is devoid of tenderness or desire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Monotonous to the extreme, DNA seemed to be quite the opposite of Schrödinger’s imagined chemical—not just a stupid molecule but worse: a boring one.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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