humdrum, monotonous
(adjective) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; “a humdrum existence; all work and no play”; “nothing is so monotonous as the sea”
commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
(adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; “an unglamorous job greasing engines”
monotony, humdrum, sameness
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
humdrum (comparative more humdrum, superlative most humdrum)
Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
Synonym: Thesaurus:boring
humdrum (countable and uncountable, plural humdrums)
(uncountable) The quality of lacking variety or excitement.
Synonyms: dullness, monotony
(countable, dated) A stupid fellow.
Source: Wiktionary
Hum"drum`, a.
Definition: Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone." Bryant.
Hum"drum`, n.
1. A dull fellow; a bore. B. Jonson.
2. Monotonous and tedious routine. Dissatisfied with humdrum. The Nation.
3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
