monotony
Syllables: mo·not·o·nyUK/məˈnɒtəni//məˈnɑtəni/
monotony noun: tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
Noun
monotony (plural monotonies)
- 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,...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 24
- 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.1907, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 1, in Through the Magic Door, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2011
- Synonyms:
- boredom
- The property of a monotonic function.
- The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.
monotony meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
monotony in Tamil
- ஒரே வகையான, சலிப்பு ஏற்படுகிற, சலிப்பூட்டும் தொனி
monotony in Urdu
- یک رنگی, یک سائی
monotony in Malayalam
- ഏകസ്വരം, ഒരേ രീതി, വിരസത
monotony in Kannada
- ವೈವಿಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಬೇಸರ, ಒಂದೇರಾಗ, ಏಕಧ್ವನಿ, ವೈವಿಧ್ಯ ರಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ನೀರಸತೆ
Examples of monotony in a sentence
- It gets to the point where a montage is devoted to establishing Sam's monotony at Oldtown.
- Lord, lord, Carrados, the tragic monotony of your elderly professional nonentity!
- The narrowness, the deadly monotony of it, almost drove me mad.”
Synonyms of monotony
Antonyms
Forms of monotony
| plural | monotonies |
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Origin of monotony
From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”).
Words formed from monotony
Questions about monotony
- What does monotony mean?
- Monotony means tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
- What is monotony in Tamil?
- Monotony in Tamil is ஒரே வகையான, சலிப்பு ஏற்படுகிற, சலிப்பூட்டும் தொனி. See Monotony meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is monotony?
- Monotony is a noun.
- How do you pronounce monotony?
- Monotony is pronounced /məˈnɒtəni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of monotony?
- The plural of monotony is monotonies.
Words near monotony in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monotony (page history and authors); monotony (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monotony (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monotony (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monotony (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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