monotony

UK /məˈnɒtəni/ US /məˈnɑtəni/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

bored, daily, done, dull, everyday, faded

VERB + MONOTONY

break, breaks, coping, relieve

MONOTONY + NOUN

destroy, life, sea

PREP.

from, in, into, up, with

Definitions

noun

Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.

It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,...

Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race.

The property of a monotonic function.

The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.

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Synonyms

noun — the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of var

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,...

Wiktionary

Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race.

Wiktionary

Transform my death into a conduit This body separate from the fear of fear Inside a coping mechanism of monotony I will destroy the double vision that I was forced to leave

Wiktionary

Art breaks the monotony of our life.

Tatoeba · #238433

Monotony develops when you harp on the same string.

Tatoeba · #280298

I was bored with the monotony of daily life.

Tatoeba · #320343

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