| Main Entry: | shopworn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overused |
Synonyms: |
faded, frayed, stale, tarnished, trite |
| Main Entry: | corny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite, clichéd |
Synonyms: |
banal, commonplace, dull, feeble, hackneyed, mawkish, melodramatic, old hat, old-fashioned, sentimental, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stupid, tired, warmed-over |
Antonyms: |
new, original, unique |
| Main Entry: | faded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bleached; used |
Synonyms: |
achromatic, ashen, bedraggled, dim, dingy, discolored, dull, etiolated, indistinct, lackluster, lusterless, murky, not shiny, pale, pallid, run-down, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, wan, washed out, wasted, worn |
Antonyms: |
brightened, colored, strengthened |
| Main Entry: | hokey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corny |
Synonyms: |
banal, commonplace, dull*, feeble, hackneyed, mawkish, old hat, old-fashioned, sentimental, shopworn, stale, trite |
| Main Entry: | musty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn-out, clichéd |
Synonyms: |
ancient, antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, dull, hackneyed, hoary, obsolete, old hat, old-fashioned, shopworn, stale, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, worn |
Antonyms: |
new, unused |
| Main Entry: | stale |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overused, out-of-date |
Synonyms: |
antiquated, banal, bent, cliché, cliché-ridden, clichéd, common, commonplace, corny*, dead, drab, dull, dusty, effete, flat, fusty, hackneyed, insipid, like a dinosaur, mawkish, moth-eaten, out*, passé, past, platitudinous, repetitious, shopworn, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out, yesterday's, zestless |
Antonyms: |
current, fresh, new, underused |
| Main Entry: | threadbare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn, frayed |
Synonyms: |
beat up, damaged, dilapidated, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, faded, frowzy, impaired, injured, old, ragged, ratty, run-down, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, timeworn, used, used-up, worn-out, worse for wear |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, unused |
| Main Entry: | trite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, commonplace |
Synonyms: |
banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliché, clichéd, common, cornball, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune, flat, hackneyed, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, pedestrian, platitudinous, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well-worn, worn, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
desirable, important, impressive, original, pertinent, relevant, uncommon |
| Main Entry: | washed-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faded |
Synonyms: |
bleached, colorless, discolored, drained, drawn, dull, etiolated, fatigued, lusterless, not shiny, pale, pallid, run-down, shopworn, tattered, threadbare, tired, worn |
| Main Entry: | unoriginal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not original |
Synonyms: |
conventional, counterfeit, derivative, imitative, musty, predictable, shopworn, stereotype, timeworn, trite, unimaginative |
Antonyms: |
original |