dronings
Dull continuous sounds
Dronings refers to low, continuous, monotonous sounds or speech.
Bees make dronings; so do boring lecturers.
The word captures both the acoustic quality—a sustained hum or buzz—and the tedium it induces: The dronings of the air conditioner lulled her to sleep.
His dronings about policy put half the room to sleep.
Crewless aircraft
- quadcopterFour-rotor aerial vehicle
- multicopterMulti-rotor flying vehicle
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
- propellerRotating blades creating thrust
hover · surveillance · reconnaissance · aerial · unmanned · remote · pilotless · flight
Weary disinterest from monotony
- tediumWearisome dullness
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- samenessState of being identical
- repetitionAct of redoing
dullness · weariness · listlessness · lethargy · humdrum · stagnation · plodding · uninspired
Uninterrupted solo address
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- sermonClergy's worship address
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- pontificationOpinionated lengthy speech
soliloquy · harangue · tirade · filibuster · recitation · incantation · chanting · intoning
UAV
Crewless aircraft
- quadcopterFour-rotor aerial vehicle
- multicopterMulti-rotor flying vehicle
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
propeller · hover · surveillance · reconnaissance · aerial · unmanned · remote · pilotless · flight · whirring
hum
Low steady sound
buzz · vibration · humming · whir · insect · wings · colony · bumblebee · cicada · wasp
boredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
repetition · dullness · weariness · listlessness · lethargy · humdrum · stagnation · plodding · uninspired · prosaic
monologue
Uninterrupted solo address
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- sermonClergy's worship address
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
pontification · soliloquy · harangue · tirade · filibuster · recitation · incantation · chanting · intoning · mumbling
bagpipe
Reed instrument with bellows
- harmoniumFoot-pumped keyboard instrument
- sitarIndian plucked lute
- didgeridooAustralian Aboriginal wind instrument
bourdon · pedal · sustained · bass · overtone · tambura · shruti · hurdy-gurdy · chanter
droningsmelodies
Sequences of musical notes
songs · harmonies · symphonies · arias · modulations