Trite - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|traɪt|
Brit.
|traɪt|
adjective
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse (syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, well-worn)
his remarks were trite and commonplace
the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'
the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'
Extra examples
That argument has become trite.
...by the time the receiving line had ended, the bride and groom's thanks sounded trite and tired...
Her remarks sounded trite and ill-informed.
The editor criticized the author's work as trite.
Word forms
adjective
comparative: triter
superlative: tritest
comparative: triter
superlative: tritest
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