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 Definitions of trite  [ɪt]  

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Definition of 'trite' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) trite
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed.

2.  trite
characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.

Etymology:  (1540–50; < L trītus worn, common, ptp. of terere to rub, wear down)

Definition of 'trite' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
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'"


Definition of 'trite' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) trite
worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject


Translation of 'trite' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a remark, saying etc) already said in exactly the same way so often that it no longer has any worth, effectiveness etc
His poetry is full of trite descriptions of nature.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afgesaagde Arabic flag Arabic: تافِه، مُبْتَذَل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: банален
Brazilian flag Brazilian: banal / trivial / comum Czech flag Czech: otřelý German flag German: abgedroschen
Danish flag Danish: klichéagtig Greek flag Greek: τετριμμένος, κοινότοπος Spanish flag Spanish: banal
Estonian flag Estonian: kulunud, labane Farsi flag Farsi: تکراری Finnish flag Finnish: kulunut
French flag French: banal Hebrew flag Hebrew: נָדוֹש Hindi flag Hindi: पुराना प्रचलित
Croatian flag Croatian: otrcan Hungarian flag Hungarian: elcsépelt Indonesian flag Indonesian: berulang-ulang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: útslitinn, margtugginn Italian flag Italian: trito Japanese flag Japanese: ありふれた
Korean flag Korean: (말, 표현 등이) 낡아 빠진, 진부한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: banalus, nuvalkiotas Latvian flag Latvian: banāls; nodrāzts
Malay flag Malay: basi, lapuk Dutch flag Dutch: afgezaagd Norwegian flag Norwegian: forslitt, banal
Polish flag Polish: oklepany Persian flag Persian: تکراری Pashto flag Pashto: تکراری
Romanian flag Romanian: banal Russian flag Russian: банальный Slovak flag Slovak: banálny, všedný
Slovenian flag Slovenian: oguljen Serbian flag Serbian: otrcan Swedish flag Swedish: nött, banal
Thai flag Thai: ซ้ำ ๆ ซาก ๆ Turkish flag Turkish: basma kalıp, bayat Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 陳腐的(言詞)
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: заяложений, банальний Urdu flag Urdu: فرسودہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cũ rích, nhàm chán
Chinese flag Chinese: 陈腐的(言词)

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