sing-song

ADJECTIVE

monotonous

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 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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“Company,” a reggae tune with a guest appearance from Jamaican dancehall vocalist Buju Banton, gives Ms. Lennox an opportunity to try on a sing-song melodic guise and it suits her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

His speech ping-ponged between self-pity and incoherence, delivered in that odd sing-song quiet voice he uses when his aides tell him to act "serious."

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024

"Whatever it is, it's definitely not politics," she says, her jaunty sing-song voice soaring into a laugh.

From BBC • May 26, 2024

Robin Williams — with a face full of whipped cream, aging prosthetics and a sing-song voice — charmed audiences with “Mrs. Doubtfire” in 1993.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

And as he mounted and swung about to leave the British officer, he heard her shrilling in a horrible sing-song, ‘He loves the Brit-ish. He loves the Brit-ish.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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