| ADJECTIVE | all | monotonous, humdrum | tediously repetitious or lacking in variety |
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| all | monotonous, flat, monotone, monotonic | sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch |
| Sounds | mahnaa'tahnahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. | |
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| Example | "nothing is so monotonous as the sea" | |
| Synonym | humdrum | |
| Broader | dull | lacking in liveliness or animation |
| Spanish | aburrido, monotono, monótono, tedioso | |
| Adverbs | monotonously | in a monotonous manner |
| Meaning | sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. | |
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| Example | "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" | |
| Synonyms | flat, monotone, monotonic | |
| Broader | unmodulated | Characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume |
| Spanish | monótono | |
| Catalan | monòton | |
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