About The Word Hackneyed

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Hackneyed

Hackneyed Meaning & Definition
Hackneyed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hackneyed?

[adj] 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 | Synonyms for Hackneyed: banal | commonplace | shopworn | stock(a) | threadbare | timeworn | tired | trite | unoriginal | well-worn

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hackneyed: antediluvian | antiquated | archaic | automatic | back-number | banal | bathetic | beaten | bewhiskered | bromidic | cliched | common | commonly known | commonplace | constant | conventional | corny | current | cut-and-dried | everyday | fade | familiar | frequent | fusty | habitual | hack | hackney | household | moth-eaten | musty | notorious | obsolete | old hat | outmoded | out-of-date | overworked | persistent | platitudinous | proverbial | public | quotidian | recurrent | recurring | regular | repetitive | routine | set | square | stale | stereotyped | stock | talked-about | talked-of | threadbare | timeworn | tired | trite | truistic | universally admitted | universally recognized | unoriginal | warmed-over | well-kenned | well-known | well-recognized | well-trodden | well-understood | well-worn | widely known | worn | worn thin | worn-out

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