FluentPlex

monotonous

/məˈnɑtənəs/ adjective C1
  1. Having an unvarying pitch or tone.
  2. Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety.
+ Save to review

From the library

And then she always dresses entirely in white, and that does get monotonous.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 4 · C1
Akela never raised his head from his paws, but went on with the monotonous cry: “Look well!” A muffled roar came up from behind the rocks--the voice of Shere Khan crying: “The cub is mine.
The Jungle Book, p. 9 · B2
Other books were produced, and after some deliberation he chose “Fordyce’s Sermons.” Lydia gaped as he opened the volume; and before he had, with very monotonous solemnity, read three pages, she interrupted him with,--
Pride and Prejudice, p. 76 · B2
He helps to keep our lives from being monotonous and gives a little comic relief where it is badly needed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 99 · C1

Learn monotonous in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.