hackneyed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˈhæknɪi̯d]
- hăkʹnēd (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈhæk.nid/
Etymology
From hackney + -ed. Most likely from the fact that hackney carriages have been used so much, that they are extremely commonplace now.
Meanings
-
Repeated too often.
The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.
Throughout the novel Ms. Allende uses Eliza and Tao's adventures as an excuse for hackneyed historical observations about the gold rush madness of the 1850's -- much the way she used her hero's peregrinations in "The Infinite Plan" (1993) as an excuse for cliched remarks on the 1960's.
1999 November 2, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of The Times: A Single Girl Takes On the California Frontier”, in The New York Times (E section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:It was a great success, that Irish stew. I don’t think I ever enjoyed a meal more. There was something so fresh and piquant about it. One's palate gets so tired of the old hackneyed things: here was a dish with a new flavour, with a taste like nothing else on earth.
1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […] :
- (dated) Let out for hire.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most hackneyed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| hacknied | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| more hackneyed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Hypernyms
common · repeated · repetitive
Relateds
mediocre · monotonous · unoriginal · cookie-cutter · boring · saying
Synonyms
tired · well-worn · corny · overworked · tired · banal · clichéd · threadbare · overused · well-worn · cheesy · stock · bathetic · hoary · hackneyed · overdone · threadbare · trite · stock · clichéd · dog-eared · banal · bromidic · shopworn · trite · unoriginal · warmed-over · played out · commonplace · stale · pat · timeworn · commonplace · timeworn · shopworn
Translations (57)
es sobado (repeated too often) · cs otřelý (repeated too often) · gl luído (repeated too often) · pt trivial (repeated too often) · fr éculé (repeated too often) · bg изтъркан (repeated too often) · bg банален (repeated too often) · cmn 陳腐的 /陈腐的 (repeated too often) · pt batido (repeated too often) · ja 陳腐な (repeated too often) · da klichéagtig (repeated too often) · ru зае́зженный (repeated too often) · de ausgelutscht (repeated too often) · ru бана́льный (repeated too often) · de abgegriffen (repeated too often) · he נדוש (repeated too often) · hu elcsépelt (repeated too often) · pl banalny (repeated too often) · es tópico (repeated too often) · pl oklepany (repeated too often) · sv utnött (repeated too often) · nl banaal (repeated too often) · ja 常套の (repeated too often) · el τετριμμένος (repeated too often) · cmn 老生常談的 /老生常谈的 (repeated too often) · nl afgezaagd (repeated too often) · de abgenutzt (repeated too often) · he חבוט (repeated too often) · pl pospolity (repeated too often) · da fortærsket (repeated too often) · sv banal (repeated too often) · ru зата́сканный (repeated too often) · es manido (repeated too often) · sv sliten (repeated too often) · es manoseado (repeated too often) · da forslidt (repeated too often) · ia trivial (repeated too often) · gl gastado (repeated too often) · ru шабло́нный (repeated too often) · pt banal (repeated too often) · el κοινότοπος (repeated too often) · es trillado (repeated too often) · de banal (repeated too often) · es traído y llevado (repeated too often) · cs ohraný (repeated too often) · sh izlizan (repeated too often) · gl desgastado (repeated too often) · fi kliseinen (repeated too often) · de abgedroschen (repeated too often) · cs otřepaný (repeated too often) · sh banalan (repeated too often) · ia banal (repeated too often) · bg шаблонен (repeated too often) · fi kulunut (repeated too often) · es gastado (repeated too often) · ru изби́тый (repeated too often) · fr rebattu (repeated too often)