trite English

Meaning trite meaning

What does trite mean?

trite

— adjective (= commonplace, hackneyed, stock, threadbare, timeworn) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse bromidic sermons his remarks were trite and commonplace hackneyed phrases a stock answer repeating threadbare jokes parroting some timeworn axiom the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'

Synonyms trite synonyms

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trite English » English

commonplace

hackneyed

banal

threadbare

stale

well-worn

shopworn

tired

timeworn

stock

dismal

common

stereotyped

platitudinous

old-hat

unoriginal

trivial

prosaic

petty

outworn

ordinary

monotonous

corny

bromidic

worn-out

worn out

worn

workaday

vapid

unsurprising

unimportant

unimaginative

truism

trifling

torn

tame

stereotype

slick

shoddy

run-down

prosaical

played out

platitudinarian

platitude

plain

old-fashioned

old hat

old fashioned

of no account

musty

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• What words describe something that has been said so often that people think it is stupid?
  trite over-used stale banal be wearing thin threadbare clichéd corny hackneyed shopworn stereotyped commonplace