trite
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.: The commencement address was trite and endlessly long.
Archaic. rubbed or worn by use.
Origin of trite
1synonym study For trite
Other words for trite
Opposites for trite
Other words from trite
- tritely, adverb
- triteness, noun
- un·trite, adjective
- un·trite·ly, adverb
- un·trite·ness, noun
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How to use trite in a sentence
"It is said tritely but truly, that great minds travel the same roads," Ernest observed, inwardly pleased.
The House of the Vampire | George Sylvester Viereck"Beauty is a fickle goddess," remarked Ducwitz tritely, settling himself firmly in the saddle.
The Goose Girl | Harold MacGrath"As I told you before, there's more than one way to kill a cat," he asserted tritely but never the less impressively.
The Flying U's Last Stand | B. M. BowerIn brief, Mr. Malcolm MacPherson was what one would call instinctively, if somewhat tritely, "a magnificent specimen of manhood."
Chronicles of Avonlea | Lucy Maud MontgomeryOne hopes the land may breed like qualities in her human offspring, not tritely to "try," but to do.
The Land of Little Rain | Mary Austin
British Dictionary definitions for trite
/ (traɪt) /
hackneyed; dull: a trite comment
archaic frayed or worn out
Origin of trite
1Derived forms of trite
- tritely, adverb
- triteness, noun
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