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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
Bong walks a delicate line between being facetious and pulling his punches, and the script does sometimes fall to the latter side with some of its more trite resistance messaging.
As for best actress, and really all of the acting categories, between true newcomers and first-time nominees with a great story, it sounds trite but it’s honestly heartwarming.
This onslaught of ignorant “Black Mirror” copycats has reached such cultural saturation that even saying the phenomenon sounds like a plotline from the show feels obnoxiously trite.
“Talking about a football game and the challenges of moving it sound trite,” Demoff said.
It’s a trite question, but a deadly one.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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