English Explanatory Dictionary

unholiday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A day or period of time which is not a holiday, but is celebrated as if it were one.
adj
  1. Grim or drab; the antithesis of festive.

Word forms

unholiday unholidays more unholiday most unholiday

Etymology

From un- + holiday.

Synonyms

lackluster wan banal basic beat blah bland boring cold colourless corny drab stuffy dreich drowsy dull dull as dishwater flat heavy going ho-hum humdrum insipid lame languid lifeless longsome monotonous mundane no fun at parties plain plodding prosaic prosy pedantic pedestrian static straightforward snoozeworthy soporific tedious uncool weaksauce wooden uninteresting stodgy vapid vanilla dim dingy faint leaden muddy sad sober uncolorful unholiday
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