monotonous
adjective
, -ˈnät-nəs\
Definition of monotonous
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Synonyms & Antonyms for monotonous
Synonyms
arid, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, slow, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying
Antonyms
absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting
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Fleck, who started this tradition at Western Michigan, knows the season can be a monotonous grind for players. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, "Gophers coach P.J. Fleck’s specialty is mixing fun with football," 6 Sep. 2019 Strong counterprogramming to the (shabby) complaint that there’s much monotonous, homogenous ball bashing in tennis. 18. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "2019 U.S. Open Seed Reports," 22 Aug. 2019 Taylor Swift mines platinum like the rest of us have hot meals: with monotonous regularity. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, "I Prevail's Loud Cover of Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' Is Now Certified Platinum," 9 Aug. 2019 The diversity of gender, region and religion were all represented in the space of comedy, which had otherwise become monotonous. — Suraj Yengde, Quartz India, "In the politically impotent Indian comedy scene, Dalit humour is a class apart," 8 Aug. 2019 But the beats that ensue are mostly flat and monotonous — and not terribly funny, despite Nanjiani’s improvisational flair, his ability to find the spluttering poetry in every word of protest. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘Stuber’ is a sloppy action-comedy that never surges to life," 11 July 2019 And organized tours, albeit at times monotonous and long, are indeed efficient methods of tackling an area’s top attractions. — Anna Ben Yehuda Rahmanan, Fortune, "Ride and Eat in the First Rolling Restaurant in Italy," 10 Aug. 2019 Most of these people probably weren’t much impressed by the lack of panache of Ford, Carter, and the Bushes either, but that was only monotonous, not acoustically jangling, as many intelligent and gentlemanly people find this president. — Conrad Black, National Review, "The Trump Steamroller," 16 July 2019 But the beats that ensue are mostly flat and monotonous — and not terribly funny, despite Nanjiani’s improvisational flair, his ability to find the spluttering poetry in every word of protest. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘Stuber’ is a sloppy action-comedy that never surges to life," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'monotonous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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