English to Hmong Meaning of humdrum - humdrum

Humdrum :

humdrum

noun

laj

adjective

tiaj, qhuav, nyeg, tsoos, txoj kev cai uas, pa, cov ntaub ntawv uas, tiag tiag, teeb meem-of-fact

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Definitions of humdrum in English

Noun(1) the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
Adjective(1) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement(2) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

Examples of humdrum in English

(1) Just a humdrum boring evening, she thought and sighed.(2) Superficially, the humdrum of life continues, with routine largely unruffled.(3) This was inevitably followed by a return to the humdrum reality of everyday life.(4) But even before they did, we felt it: the humdrum monotony of the one-day game has grated for a while now.(5) There has been a tendency to see Rome as all pomp and glory but there is the humdrum about it as well.(6) We all know how easily innocence is lost, how simple it is to thoughtlessly embrace cynicism and the humdrum monotony of what we call everyday life.(7) While it lasts it prevents us from making shoes, writing books, from engaging in either the humdrum routine of life or in making crucial decisions.(8) The sitcom frequently rises above the usual humdrum with sharp writing and great character work.(9) It gives such a poignancy to my usually humdrum life.(10) When Canadians are on the road, an astounding 86 per cent choose to listen to music to beat the highway humdrum .(11) What were you reading when I came to take you away from your usually boring, humdrum life for a time?(12) You'd be hard pressed to find a better condensing of urban humdrum in under forty minutes this autumn.(13) His poetry expresses a discontent with orderly lives and humdrum routine, praising spontaneity and emotion.(14) She was eleven years old now, alone in this little village that was surrounded by the humdrum of the daily activities of the city.(15) You'd seen good marriages and bad marriages, but yours wasn't going to be one of those humdrum ones, or tedious ones, or ├ö├ç├┐bad├ö├ç├û ones.(16) He could not get up everyday and face the daily humdrum life of a high school English teacher.

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Synonyms

Noun

1. monotony ::

monotony

2. sameness ::

sameness

Adjective

3. mundane ::

mundane

4. dull ::

npub

5. dreary ::

dreary

6. boring ::

boring

7. tedious ::

tsho

8. monotonous ::

monotonous

10. prosaic ::

prosaic

11. unexciting ::

unexciting

12. uninteresting ::

uninteresting

13. uneventful ::

uneventful

14. unvaried ::

unvaried

15. repetitive ::

repetitive

16. unremarkable ::

unremarkable

17. routine ::

niaj hnub

18. ordinary ::

zoo tib yam

19. everyday ::

txhua hnub

20. day-to-day ::

hnub-rau-hnub

21. workaday ::

workaday

22. quotidian ::

quotidian

23. run-of-the-mill ::

khiav-ntawm-lub-zeb

24. commonplace ::

commonplace

26. pedestrian ::

neeg taug kev

27. plain-vanilla ::

tiaj-vanilla

28. ho-hum ::

ho-hum

Antonyms

1. absorbing ::

absorbing

2. engaging ::

siv

3. engrossing ::

engrossing

4. interesting ::

nthuav

5. intriguing ::

intriguing

Different Forms

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Word Example from TV Shows

You're right, he's a festival of HUMDRUM chitchat.

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 3

Examples of humdrum from TV Shows

You're right, he's a festival of HUMDRUM chitchat.

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 3

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