humdrum

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

   “In the valley there would have been feasting and celebration, and then dancing at the wedding, and afterwards the turmoil of a brief romance turning to humdrum married life, the cares of her house, the cares of children, anxiety, fret, illness, trouble, the day-by-day routine of growing old.”

2. isim The quality of lacking variety or excitement.

   “I think it helped distract us from the dry, humdrum, and heat of the here and now.”

3. isim A stupid fellow.

   “So, after settling it that Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were complete country humdrums, the daughters hoydens, the sons awkward half-dandies, and the company altogether any thing but agreeable, she came to a conclusion she had done fifty times before, that the country was not like London.”