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triteness

NOUN
cliché
Synonyms
WEAK
adage banality boiler plate bromide buzzword chestnut commonplace corn counterword familiar tune motto old story platitude potboiler prosaism proverb saying shibboleth slogan stale saying stereotype threadbare phrase trite remark triviality truism vapid expression
NOUN
commonplace
Synonyms
STRONG
banality bromide chestnut corn inanity motto platitude prose shallowness shibboleth stereotype tag
WEAK
cliché prosaicism prosaism rubber-stamp triviality truism
Antonyms
STRONG
coinage nuance
NOUN
maudlinism
Synonyms
WEAK
bathos emotionalness gushiness maudlinness mawkishness melodrama melodramatics mushiness nostalgia reminiscence sentiment sentimentalism
NOUN
mawkishness
Synonyms
STRONG
bathos melodrama mushiness nostalgia reminiscence sentiment sentimentalism
WEAK
emotionalness gushiness maudlinism maudlinness melodramatics
NOUN
mushiness
Synonyms
STRONG
bathos mawkishness melodrama nostalgia reminiscence sentiment sentimentalism
WEAK
emotionalness gushiness maudlinism maudlinness melodramatics
NOUN
platitude
Synonyms
STRONGEST
banality bromide
STRONG
buzzword chestnut commonplace corn evenness flatness hokum inanity insipidity monotony motto potboiler proverb saw shibboleth stereotype tag triviality truism vapidity verbiage
WEAK
boiler plate cliché familiar tune hackneyed saying high camp old chestnut old story prosaicism trite remark
Antonyms
WEAK
coinage nuance
NOUN
sappiness
Synonyms
WEAK
bathos emotionalness gushiness maudlinism maudlinness mawkishness melodrama melodramatics mushiness nostalgia reminiscence sentiment sentimentalism
NOUN
schmaltz
Synonyms
STRONG
bathos mawkishness melodrama mushiness nostalgia reminiscence sentiment sentimentalism
WEAK
emotionalness gushiness maudlinism maudlinness melodramatics
NOUN
schmaltziness
Synonyms
WEAK
bathos emotionalness gushiness maudlinism maudlinness mawkishness melodrama melodramatics mushiness nostalgia reminiscence sentiment sentimentalism
NOUN
sentimentalism
Synonyms
STRONG
bathos mawkishness melodrama mushiness nostalgia reminiscence sentiment
WEAK
emotionalness gushiness maudlinism maudlinness melodramatics
NOUN
sentimentality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
melodrama nostalgia
STRONG
bathos mawkishness mushiness reminiscence sentiment
WEAK
emotionalness gushiness maudlinness melodramatics
NOUN
sloppiness
Synonyms
STRONG
bathos mawkishness melodrama mushiness nostalgia reminiscence sentiment sentimentalism
WEAK
emotionalness gushiness maudlinism maudlinness melodramatics

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