Translation meaning & definition of the word "hackneyed" into French language
Traduction sens & définition du mot "hackneyed" en français
English⟶French
Hackneyed
[Hackney]/hæknid/
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'"
- synonym:
- banal ,
- commonplace ,
- hackneyed ,
- old-hat ,
- shopworn ,
- stock(a) ,
- threadbare ,
- timeworn ,
- tired ,
- trite ,
- well-worn
1. Répété trop souvent
- Trop familier par surutilisation
- "Sermons bromidiques"
- "Ses remarques étaient banales et banales"
- "Des phrases farfelues"
- "Une réponse en stock"
- "Blagues tordues répétitives"
- "Perroquet un axiome usé"
- "La métaphore banale" dure comme des ongles'"
- synonyme:
- banal ,
- galvaudé ,
- vieux chapeau ,
- usé ,
- stock ( a ) ,
- fatigué ,
- bien usé
Examples of using
A bad writer's prose is full of hackneyed phrases.
La prose d'un mauvais écrivain est pleine de phrases éculées.