Associations to the word «Monotony»

Wiktionary

MONOTONY, noun. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
MONOTONY, noun. (mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.
MONOTONY, noun. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.

Dictionary definition

MONOTONY, 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".
MONOTONY, noun. Constancy of tone or pitch or inflection.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.