hackneyed
31hackneyed — a. 1. Worn out, much used. 2. Common, commonplace, threadbare, trite, stale, beaten …
32hackneyed — adj banal, trite, overdone, Inf. bromidic, platitudinous, Inf. corny; tired, thin, threadbare, shopworn, worn out, played out, Inf. old hat, moth eaten, warmed over; unimaginative, unoriginal, stale, insipid, uninspired; prosaic, prosy, dull,… …
33hackneyed — hack•neyed [[t]ˈhæk nid[/t]] adj. made commonplace or trite; stale; banal • Etymology: 1740–50 syn: See commonplace …
34hackneyed — /ˈhæknid / (say hakneed) adjective 1. made commonplace or trite; stale. 2. habituated …
35hackneyed — adj. (of a phrase etc.) made commonplace or trite by overuse …
36hackneyed expressions — expression which is used too often, common expression …
37hackneyed phrase — phrase which is used too often, common phrase …
38hackneyed phrases — phrase which is used to often, commonplace phrase …
39trite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. commonplace, ordinary; hackneyed, stale, old, corny (sl.), Mickey Mouse (sl.); boring, dull; banal. See habit, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hackneyed, prosaic, stereotyped; see common 1 ,… …
40trite — trite, hackneyed, stereotyped, threadbare, shopworn are comparable when they describe something, especially a once effective idea or expression in writing or art or a dramatic plot, lacking the power to evoke attention or interest because it… …