Meaning & Definition of Trite in English
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Trite
/traɪt/
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