English noun: staleness | |||
1. | staleness (cognition) unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed | ||
Synonyms | triteness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unoriginality | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | camp | ||
2. | staleness (attribute) having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging | ||
Broader (hypernym) | oldness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | moldiness, must, mustiness | ||
Attribute | stale | ||
Antonyms | freshness | ||