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81platitude — noun absence of meaning, banality, cliche, commonplace expression, commonplace idea, commonplace phrase, dearth of ideas, dull comment, flat saying, hackneyed expression, hackneyed idea, hackneyed phrase, hackneyed saying, inanity, insipid remark …
82banal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. common[place], trite. See habit. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dull, trite, hackneyed; see common 1 , insipid . See Synonym Study at insipid . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [buh… …
83cliché — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stereotype, plate, cut (See printing); truism, commonplace, platitude; banality, triviality, bromide (inf.). See maxim. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, stereotype,… …
84platitude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. commonplace, cliché, truism, banality, maxim. See unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A trite expression] Syn. Cliché, truism, proverb, triviality; see cliché , motto , proverb . 2. [Triteness] Syn …
85stale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. passé; rancid, dried up, tasteless, insipid, flat, vapid; trite, dull, banal, old hat (inf.). See insipidity, weariness. Ant., fresh. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Old or musty] Syn. spoiled, dried,… …
86commonplace — com•mon•place [[t]ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪs[/t]] adj. 1) ordinary; undistinguished or uninteresting 2) dull or platitudinous: a commonplace remark[/ex] 3) a well known, customary, or obvious remark; a trite or uninteresting saying; platitude 4) anything… …
87contrite — con•trite [[t]kənˈtraɪt, ˈkɒn traɪt[/t]] adj. 1) caused by or showing sincere remorse 2) filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent: a contrite sinner[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50; ME contrit (< AF) < L contrītus worn… …
88Михалков, Никита — Российский режиссер, сценарист, актер, продюсер и общественный деятель Известный российский режиссер, актер, сценарист и продюсер, народный артист России, лауреат Государственных премий. Президент Российского международного фонда культуры,… …
89old-hat — adjective 1. out of fashion a suit of rather antique appearance demode (or outmoded) attire outmoded ideas • Syn: ↑antique, ↑demode, ↑ex, ↑old fashioned, ↑outmoded …
90shopworn — adjective 1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse bromidic sermons his remarks were trite and commonplace hackneyed phrases a stock answer repeating threadbare jokes parroting some timeworn axiom the trite metaphor hard as nails …
