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trite
adjective as in silly, commonplace
Weak matches
- bathetic
- bromidic
- chain
- cliché
- clichéd
- common
- cornball
- drained
- exhausted
- familiar tune
- flat
- 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
Example Sentences
It’s a gag that’s funny five times and trite by the sixth, only to round back toward something warm and amiable by the final time it appears.
Only 7 herself at the time of filming, she has none of those trite child-actor tics like over-mannered naivete or phony cheek.
And as this act goes on, he opts for a trite missive about being with the one you love at the end of the world.
He knew exactly what he wanted and why and how to tell me, which sounds trite because, you're a director, so that's what a director does.
As if Violet wasn’t nervous enough, her pleasant conversation with Henry is interrupted by trite memes covered in Impact-font text.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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