Antonyms for humdrum
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : huhm-druhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌmˌdrʌm |
Definition of humdrum
- adj boring, uneventful
- 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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