Definitions for humdrum

humdrum hum·drum

Spelling: [huhm-druhm]
IPA: /ˈhʌmˌdrʌm/

Humdrum is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in humdrum (dhmmruu).

Definitions for humdrum

noun

  1. humdrum character or routine; monotony.
  2. monotonous or tedious talk.
  3. Archaic. a dull, boring person.

adjective

  1. lacking variety; boring; dull:

Origin of humdrum

1545-55; earlier humtrum, rhyming compound based on hum

Examples for humdrum

Most stars in the Milky Way have humdrum lives, tracing slow predictable orbits around the galactic center.

It requires months—years, even—of archival research and humdrum detective work.

But for some teens ISIS seems to symbolize power and purpose, a great drama promising deliverance from the humdrum.

My life must seem so humdrum to him, and to you, who have travelled so far and seen so much.

Three things stand out in this simultaneously remarkable and humdrum bit of film.

After all, who would want to watch a show about the humdrum life of a high school chemistry teacher with decent health insurance?

For two summers I lived in this little world; it was dull and humdrum.

The whole business, Tom thought, was humdrum and commonplace.

He sketched his humdrum labors, the prizes in his way of life.

It was indeed no more than a humdrum narrative of a vulgar crime.

Word Value for humdrum
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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