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monotony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humdrum, sameness |
| Type of | unvariedness |
he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work.
Examples of monotony
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At times a scarf replaces the shirt, while a furry vest further avoids monotony.
From the fresnobee.com
Here, people are really looking forward to breaking up the monotony of the week.
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Seasonings and condiment packets can break the monotony of dry and canned foods.
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Even the sun struggles to rise in this desert with the monotony of Martin Kaymer.
From the independent.co.uk
To ignore or deny them was to reduce listening to music to a matchbox monotony.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Grubwithus and Housefed help break that monotony, and that's a very good thing.
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On a positive note, you should be less likely to let monogamy slip into monotony.
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This sort of monotony became very tiresome presently, and even something worse.
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The stylus-only game controls also contribute to the monotony of the game play.
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- The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
- Constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
- (monotonous) humdrum: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
- (monotonous) flat: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
- (Monotonous (song)) 'Monotonous' is a popular song written by June Carroll and Arthur Siegel for Leonard Sillman's Broadway revue New Faces of 1952. The song was written based on the experiences of its singer Eartha Kitt. ...
- Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety; the property of a monotonic function
- (MOnotonous) when all moustaches start to look the same
- (Monotonous) Anything that is marked by dull uniformity.
- (Monotonous) Characterizing a sound continuing on one note
