Monotonous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mənˈɑːtənəs/

🇬🇧British English

/mənˈɒtənəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mənˈɒtənəs/

4 syllables Say it as /mənˈɑːtənəs/.

Examples

a humdrum existence; all work and no play
nothing is so monotonous as the sea
the owl's faint monotonous hooting

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flat monotonic humdrum monotone

Parts of Speech

adjective	tediously repetitious or lacking in variety “a humdrum existence; all work and no play”
adjective	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch “the owl's faint monotonous hooting”

Word Forms

flatness	noun	a want of animation or brilliance
monotone	noun	an unchanging intonation

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

eintönig

mühsam eintönig oder abwechslungsreich

🇫🇷French

monotone

fastidieusement répétitif ou manquant de variété

🇪🇸Spanish

monótono

Tediosamente repetitivo o carente de variedad.

🇮🇹Italian

monotono

noiosamente ripetitivo o privo di varietà

🇳🇱Dutch

eentonig

saai repetitief of weinig variatie

🇵🇹Portuguese

monótono

tediosamente repetitivo ou sem variedade

🇷🇺Russian

монотонный

утомительно повторяющиеся или лишенные разнообразия

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नीरस

थकाऊ रूप से दोहराव वाला या विविधता का अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

একঘেয়ে

ক্লান্তিকরভাবে পুনরাবৃত্তিমূলক বা বৈচিত্র্যের অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

சலிப்பான

சோர்வாக மீண்டும் மீண்டும் அல்லது பல்வேறு குறைபாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

మార్పులేని

దుర్భరమైన పునరావృతం లేదా వైవిధ్యం లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

नीरस

कंटाळवाणेपणे पुनरावृत्ती किंवा विविधतेचा अभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

એકવિધ

કંટાળાજનક રીતે પુનરાવર્તિત અથવા વિવિધતાનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಏಕತಾನತೆಯ

ಬೇಸರದ ಪುನರಾವರ್ತನೆ ಅಥವಾ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆಯ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഏകതാനമായ

മടുപ്പിക്കുന്ന ആവർത്തനമോ വൈവിധ്യങ്ങളുടെ അഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਇਕਸਾਰ

ਥਕਾਵਟ ਨਾਲ ਦੁਹਰਾਉਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਭਿੰਨਤਾ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

نیرس

تھکا دینے والا بار بار یا مختلف قسم کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

单调

乏味重复或缺乏多样性

🇯🇵Japanese

単調な

退屈な繰り返し、または多様性に欠ける

🇰🇷Korean

단조로운

지루할 정도로 반복적이거나 다양성이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đơn điệu

lặp đi lặp lại một cách tẻ nhạt hoặc thiếu đa dạng

🇹🇭Thai

ซ้ำซากจำเจ

ซ้ำซากน่าเบื่อหรือขาดความหลากหลาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

membosankan

berulang-ulang atau kurang variasi

🇲🇾Malay

membosankan

membosankan berulang-ulang atau kurang pelbagai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رتيب

متكررة بشكل ممل أو تفتقر إلى التنوع

🇮🇷Persian

یکنواخت

به طور خسته کننده ای تکراری یا فاقد تنوع

🇹🇷Turkish

monoton

sıkıcı derecede tekrarlayan veya çeşitlilikten yoksun

🇮🇱Hebrew

חַדגוֹנִי

חוזר על עצמו בצורה מייגעת או חסר מגוון

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