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
He grimaced at the triteness of the words, at the same time realizing that a basic truth lurked there.
Deathworld | Harry HarrisonThe meagerness and triteness of the music and piece astonished me.
Records of a Girlhood | Frances Ann KembleOur minds become easily deadened to its real import, and the examples we cite in illustration of it have an air of triteness.
The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge | John FiskeMrs. Weaver made this latter announcement with an air of triumph in its triteness.
The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories | Margaret Collier GrahamDon Luis Perenna had begun to read in emphatic tones, bringing out the imbecility of the words and the triteness of the rhythm.
The Secret of Sarek | Maurice Leblanc
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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