Antonyms for humdrum


Grammar : Adj
Spell : huhm-druhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌmˌdrʌm


Definition of humdrum

  • adj boring, uneventful
Example sentences :
  • My life must seem so humdrum to him, and to you, who have travelled so far and seen so much.
  • Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
  • He sketched his humdrum labors, the prizes in his way of life.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Wins » by Robert Herrick
  • For two summers I lived in this little world; it was dull and humdrum.
  • Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
  • It was indeed no more than a humdrum narrative of a vulgar crime.
  • Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
  • The whole business, Tom thought, was humdrum and commonplace.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • I felt as if I had seen the infinite in some near familiar, humdrum place.
  • Extract from : « The Voice of the Machines » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • She's not meant for this humdrum place, and she may kick over the traces.'
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Their position seemed as strange to the humdrum world as his own.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith
  • Their thoughts were occupied by their neighbours and the humdrum details of the life about them.
  • Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
  • Oh, he did not consider his job a humdrum one, it was easy to see that.
  • Extract from : « Christopher and the Clockmakers » by Sara Ware Bassett

Synonyms for humdrum

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