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droning
adjective as in monotonous
noun as in idleness
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noun as in inactivity
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noun as in inertness
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noun as in inoperativeness
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- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
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Example Sentences
When I got back at the 17-minute mark, Bibi was still droning on about Iran.
But it was far more than a mere droning on about techniques and hidden luxuries.
He stopped his droning speeches and adopted a feisty, homey style answering questions on the tours.
Sort of a double life, like this Bob character you were droning on about earlier.
Ever asked an academic about their research only to be subjected to 20 minutes of nonsensical droning?
While they exchanged casual greetings, Braceway lit a cigarette and spun the match, with a droning sound, far out from the porch.
Who were these people who strolled among the droning bees of the sandhills or pushed out from the shore in boats?
Ever since we had been at the Hotel Bellevue, we were unconsciously aware of curious droning sounds.
Silence, except for the droning of the insects and the distant rushing of the river.
There had been none of them about before, surely, and now their maddening, everlasting droning filled the ear.
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On this page you'll find 238 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to droning, such as: dull, slow, and languid.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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