English adjective: threadbare | |||
1. | threadbare repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | ||
Samples | 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'. | ||
Synonyms | banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn | ||
Similar | unoriginal | ||
Antonyms | original | ||
2. | threadbare having the nap worn away so that the threads show through | ||
Samples | Threadbare rugs. | ||
Similar | worn | ||
Antonyms | new | ||