ho-hum 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Examples
- 1.other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
- 2.a boring evening with uninteresting people
- 3.the tiresome chirping of a cricket- Mark Twain
- 4.a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
- 5.his competent but dull performance
- 6.a dull play
- 7.tedious days on the train
- 8.the deadening effect of some routine tasks
- 9.what an irksome task the writing of long letters is- Edmund Burke
