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[ muh-not-n-uhs ] / məˈnɒt n əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR monotonous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery. characterizing a sound continuing on one note. having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range. Origin of monotonousFrom the Late Greek word monótonos, dating back to 1770–80. See mono-, tone, -ous SYNONYMS FOR monotonous1 tedious, humdrum, boring, dull. SEE SYNONYMS FOR monotonous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM monotonousmo·not·o·nous·ly, adverbmo·not·o·nous·ness, nounun·mo·not·o·nous, adjectiveun·mo·not·o·nous·ly, adverbWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH monotonousmonotonic, monotonous Words nearby monotonousmonotocous, monotonal, monotone, monotonic, monotonize, monotonous, monotony, monotrematous, monotreme, monotrichate, monotrichous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for monotonousHis monotonous music is, really, like the audio soundtrack to a k-hole. The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST Desperate for a way out of her monotonous existence Kumiko becomes obsessed with the frazzled tape and plots her journey to Fargo. She Thought ‘Fargo’ Was Real: The Misguided Voyage of ‘Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter’|Nico Hines|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Superman blockbuster Man of Steel is a monotonous CGI extravaganza devoid of any humanity. ‘Man of Steel,’ New Superman Movie Starring Henry Cavill, Falls Flat|Marlow Stern|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Or does it get monotonous to cook turkey over and over again? Marcus Samuelsson Talks Thanksgiving: Glogg And Berbere-Spiced Turkey|Katie Baker|November 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Befitting his monotonous moniker, Benjamin Benjamin is a Pacific Northwesterner for whom every day is equally uninspiring. Jonathan Evison’s On the Road: ‘The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving’|Kevin Canfield|September 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST All the paths are at right angles or parallel to each other, and the garden generally is laid out with monotonous regularity. A Visit to Java|W. Basil Worsfold Therefore we worked with a will, and at last, after nine months of monotonous toil, the order came. Kitchener's Mob|James Norman Hall Bridget was not a first-class cook, and her limited repertory rendered the bill of fare wearisome and monotonous. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives|Elizabeth Strong Worthington From within came the sound of a loud voice in monotonous declamation. For the Honor of the School|Ralph Henry Barbour Their comparisons were monotonous, and their scenes bare, stereotyped arabesques, not woven into the tissue of lyric feeling. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times|Alfred Biese
British Dictionary definitions for monotonous
adjectivedull and tedious, esp because of repetition unvarying in pitch or cadence Derived forms of monotonousmonotonously, adverbmonotonousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to monotonoustedious, repetitious, boring, repetitive, dreary, humdrum, tiresome, dull, ho-hum, plodding, blah, colorless, flat, nothing, pedestrian, prosaic, recurrent, soporific, unchanged, unchanging |