hackneyed

Letters that make hackneyed

a, d, e, k, n, c, h, y are letters that make 'hackneyed'

Words within hackneyed

Ney, AC, HA, ED, eye, eyed, hack, hackney, NE, Ac, Ne are words within 'hackneyed'


1 possible definitions for 'hackneyed'

Hackneyed as "repeated too often, overfamiliar through overuse"

Under this definition, hackneyed is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

commonplace, banal, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn have the same meaning as 'hackneyed'

Derivatives of hackneyed

triteness, platitude, cliche, banality, bromide, staleness, commonplace are derivatives of 'hackneyed'.

Similar to hackneyed

unoriginal is similar to hackneyed.

Example of hackneyed used within this context

"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'"



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