monotonous
Syllables: mo·no·ton·ous/məˈnɒtənəs/US/məˈnɑtənəs/
monotonous adjective: having an unvarying pitch or tone.
Adjective
monotonous (comparative more monotonous, superlative most monotonous)
- Having an unvarying pitch or tone.
- "But my daughter—but the Lady Eveline"—said the Fleming, with some slight change in his monotonous voice, which seemed to express doubt and perplexity—"You are cruel conquerors, and—"1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume I (The Betrothed), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson...
- Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety.
- [L]istening for a moment, she heard the monotonous and heavy tread of the soldier echoing through the passage.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 49
- Synonyms:
- samely, routine, habitual, perennial, recurrent, recurring, repeating, repetitional, repetitionary, repetitious
- Antonyms:
- various
monotonous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
monotonous in Tamil
- சலிப்பூட்டுகின்ற, சலிப்பூட்டுகிற, ஒரே மாதிரியான
monotonous in Urdu
- اجیرن, یک سرا
monotonous in Bengali
- একঘেয়ে, বৈচিত্র্যহীন, ক্লান্তিকর
monotonous in Malayalam
- boring, tedious, dull
- ഏകസ്വരത്തിലുള്ള, വെെചിത്യ്രമില്ലാത്ത, വിരസമായ, മുഷിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, മുഷിപ്പനായ, മുഷിഞ്ഞ
- flat, toneless, uninflected
- നിർവ്വികാരമായ, ഏകതാനമായ, ഏകരീതിയിലുള്ള, വിരസമായ, ഉറക്കം വരുത്തുന്ന, ഉറക്കമുളവാക്കുന്ന
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- monotonous in Kannada
- ಒಂದೇ ರಾಗದ, ಏಕತಾನದ, ವೈವಿಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಬೇಸರಹಿಡಿಸುವ
- monotonous in Arabic
- مُمِلّ mumill
Examples of monotonous in a sentence
- With his monotonous routine, he lives in dullsville.
- Cutting off electrolysis at this moment, gives monotonous increase of currentless potential - without delays (Fig 2).
- Life was monotonous and the troops took to fishing to supplement their rations.
Synonyms of monotonous
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Antonyms
Forms of monotonous
| comparative | more monotonous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most monotonous |
Origin of monotonous
From monotone + -ous.
Words formed from monotonous
Questions about monotonous
- What does monotonous mean?
- Monotonous means having an unvarying pitch or tone.
- What is monotonous in Tamil?
- Monotonous in Tamil is சலிப்பூட்டுகின்ற, சலிப்பூட்டுகிற, ஒரே மாதிரியான. See Monotonous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is monotonous?
- Monotonous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce monotonous?
- Monotonous is pronounced /məˈnɒtənəs/ (UK).
Words near monotonous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: monotonous (page history and authors); monotonous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monotonous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monotonous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monotonous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); monotonous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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