monotony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: monotony	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for monotony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monotony n the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served" Synonym(s): monotony, humdrum, sameness constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monotony \Monot"ony\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. monotonie. See {Monotonius}.] 1. A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing. 2. Any irksome sameness, or want of variety. At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. --W. Irving.