Stale - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |steɪl|  American pronunciation of the word stale
Brit.  |steɪl|  British pronunciation of the word stale

verb

- urinate, of cattle and horses

adjective

- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new (syn: cold, dusty, moth-eaten)
stale news

Extra examples

...viewers were bored by the stale story lines of the new crop of sitcoms...

A novelty that will quickly grow stale.

His theories have become for himself a little staled by dint of repetition.

Philanthropy was beginning to stale.

The crackers had become stale.

...tried to justify his bigoted tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge...

...cobwebby bits of cracker-barrel philosophy that were stale even 200 years ago...

...a vague dissatisfaction with the state of their marriage, which seemed a little stale...

I forced down a piece of stale bread.

The smell of stale smoke hit him as he entered.

The bar was redolent with the smell of stale cigarette smoke.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: staler
superlative: stalest
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