Associations to the word «Humdrum»
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Wiktionary
HUMDRUM, adjective. Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
HUMDRUM, noun. The quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness; monotony.
Dictionary definition
HUMDRUM, noun. 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".
HUMDRUM, adjective. Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines".
HUMDRUM, adjective. Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.