Antonyms for hackneyed

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hak-need

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæk nid

Definition of hackneyed

Origin : 1769, "kept for hire," past participle adjective from hackney. The figurative sense of "trite, so overused as to have become uninteresting" is older, 1749, from hack (n.2) in special sense of "one who writes anything for hire."

adj clichéd, tired

Example sentences :

We amuse him more than the hackneyed comrades he has worn out.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

And are you, my dear friend, to be duped by this hackneyed word?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

But the stranger was not to be deceived by so hackneyed a device.
Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.

Each gentleman addressed her with some hackneyed compliment.
Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio

How easy the hackneyed phrase "taking steps" sounded to Caius!
Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall

Reason three, a hackneyed but very present trouble was the weather.
Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil

His anger thrilled out in a feeble stream of hackneyed profanities.
Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford

I must now show the hackneyed use of contents as a singular noun.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 » by Various

His letter contains one passage which can hardly be hackneyed from over-quotation.
Extract from : « The Bibliotaph » by Leon H. Vincent

Off it, he had one favoured phrase, hackneyed, but effective.
Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for hackneyed

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