monotonous

mo·not·o·nous

M0399900 (mə-nŏt′n-əs)adj.1. Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone: a monotonous droning voice.2. Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. See Synonyms at boring.

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[From Greek monotonos : mono-, mono- + tonos, tone; see tone.]

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mo·not′o·nous·ly adv.mo·not′o·nous·ness n.

monotonous

(məˈnɒtənəs) adj1. dull and tedious, esp because of repetition2. unvarying in pitch or cadence moˈnotonously adv moˈnotonousness n

mo•not•o•nous

(məˈnɒt n əs)

adj. 1. lacking in variety; tediously unvarying. 2. sounded or uttered in one unvarying tone. [1770–80; < Late Greek monótonos. See mono-, tone, -ous] mo•not′o•nous•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	monotonous - tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"humdrumdull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"
	2.	monotonous - sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"monotone, monotonic, flatunmodulated - characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume; "he lectured in an unmodulated voice edged with hysteria"

monotonous

adjective1. tedious, boring, dull, repetitive, uniform, all the same, plodding, tiresome, humdrum, unchanging, colourless, mind-numbing, soporific, ho-hum (informal), repetitious, wearisome, samey (informal), unvaried It's monotonous work, like most factory jobs.
tedious interesting, exciting, entertaining, stimulating, lively, enjoyable, exhilarating, enthralling2. toneless, flat, uniform, droning, unchanging, uninflected a monotonous voice
toneless sexy (informal), animated

monotonous

adjectiveArousing no interest or curiosity:boring, drear, dreary, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary.

Translations

单调的

monotonous

(məˈnotənəs) adjective lacking in variety; dull. a monotonous piece of music. 單調的 单调的moˈnotonously adverb 單調地 单调地moˈnotony noun 單音 单音

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