ho-hum

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective ho-hum has 1 sense

  • ho-hum(s = adj.all) boring, deadening, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ho-hum, int. expressing boredom.

Etymology
imit. of yawn

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