shopworn [shop-wawrn, ‐wohrn]
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shopworn [shop-wawrn, ‐wohrn]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: overused
Synonyms: faded, frayed, stale, tarnished, trite
Main Entry: faded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bleached; used
Synonyms: achromatic, ashen, bedraggled, dim, dingy, discolored, dull, etiolated, indistinct, lackluster, lusterless, murky, not shiny, pale, pallid, run-down, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, wan, washed out, wasted, worn
Antonyms: brightened, colored, strengthened
Main Entry: hokey
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: corny
Synonyms: banal, commonplace, dull*, feeble, hackneyed, mawkish, old hat, old-fashioned, sentimental, shopworn, stale, trite
Main Entry: musty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: worn-out, clichéd
Synonyms: ancient, antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, dull, hackneyed, hoary, obsolete, old hat, old-fashioned, shopworn, stale, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, worn
Antonyms: new, unused
Main Entry: stale
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: overused, out-of-date
Synonyms: antiquated, banal, bent, cliché, cliché-ridden, clichéd, common, commonplace, corny*, dead, drab, dull, dusty, effete, flat, fusty, hackneyed, insipid, like a dinosaur, mawkish, moth-eaten, out*, passé, past, platitudinous, repetitious, shopworn, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out, yesterday's, zestless
Antonyms: current, fresh, new, underused
Main Entry: threadbare
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: worn, frayed
Synonyms: beat up, damaged, dilapidated, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, faded, frowzy, impaired, injured, old, ragged, ratty, run-down, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, timeworn, used, used-up, worn-out, worse for wear
Antonyms: fresh, new, unused
Main Entry: trite
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: silly, commonplace
Synonyms: banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliché, clichéd, common, cornball, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune, flat, hackneyed, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, pedestrian, platitudinous, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well-worn, worn, worn-out
Antonyms: desirable, important, impressive, original, pertinent, relevant, uncommon
Main Entry: washed-out
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: faded
Synonyms: bleached, colorless, discolored, drained, drawn, dull, etiolated, fatigued, lusterless, not shiny, pale, pallid, run-down, shopworn, tattered, threadbare, tired, worn
Main Entry: unoriginal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not original
Synonyms: conventional, counterfeit, derivative, imitative, musty, predictable, shopworn, stereotype, timeworn, trite, unimaginative
Antonyms: original
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