prosaic English

Meaning prosaic meaning

What does prosaic mean?

Definitions in simple English

prosaic Adjective

— When something or someone is prosaic, it is boring, ordinary or common. A prosaic mind. The man settled down to his prosaic work.

prosaic

— adjective (= pedestrian) lacking wit or imagination a pedestrian movie plot

— adjective (= matter-of-fact) not fanciful or imaginative local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones a prosaic and unimaginative essay

— adjective (= unglamorous) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement an unglamorous job greasing engines

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prosaic English » English

prosy

pedestrian

commonplace

matter-of-fact

prosaical

ordinary

humdrum

dull

unglamourous

unglamorous

trite

tedious

monotonous

mediocre

earthbound

common

worn out

workaday

well-worn

weary

wearisome

vulgarity

unvaried

unromantic

unremarkable

unpoetic

unpicturesque

unlovely

uninteresting

uninspired

unimaginative

unexciting

unexceptional

undistinguished

threadbare

tame

stodgy

shopworn

run-of-the-mill

quotidian

prose

platitudinous

outworn

middling

literal

lacklustre

lackluster

irksome

indifferent

hackneyed