threadbare

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threadbare Definition

• (s) 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''"
• (s) having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

threadbare Synonyms

• banal
• commonplace
• hackneyed
• old-hat
• shopworn
• stock(a)
• threadbare
• timeworn
• tired
• trite
• well-worn