About The Word Threadbare
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Threadbare
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What's The Definition Of Threadbare?
[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'"
[adj] having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs" Synonyms | Synonyms for Threadbare: banal | commonplace | hackneyed | shopworn | stock(a) | timeworn | tired | trite | unoriginal | well-worn | worn Related Terms | Find terms related to Threadbare: See Also | Threadbare In Webster's Dictionary \Thread"bare`\, a.
1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off;
threadbare clothes. ``A threadbare cope.'' --Chaucer.
2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and
threadbare quotations. --Swift.
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