Definitions for: Trite


[adj] 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'"



Webster (1913) Definition: Trite, a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear
out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf.
Contrite, Detriment, Tribulation, Try.]
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
trite subject. -- Trite"ly, adv. -- Trite"ness, n.

Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, unoriginal, well-worn

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