Antonyms for platitude
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : plat-i-tood, -tyood |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈplæt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud |
Definition of platitude
Origin :- 1812, "dullness," from French platitude "flatness, vapidness" (late 17c.), from Old French plat "flat" (see plateau (n.)); formed on analogy of latitude, etc. Meaning "a flat, dull, or commonplace remark" is recorded from 1815. Related: Platitudinous. Hence platitudinarian (n.), 1855; platitudinize (1867).
- noun dull, overused saying
- To a Frenchman, everything is a platitude that is not a paradox.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- A platitude that nobody has expressed and that nobody has acted on is a great truth.
- Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- It is tolerated to-day for no other reason than that it has cornered the platitude market.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- When I awoke from my reverie the Reverend Mr. Platitude was quitting the apartment.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- Mr. Platitude was filled with wrath, and abused Dissenters in most unmeasured terms.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- I speak advisedly,” said he, in continuation, “there is one Platitude.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- I wanted to quote that Latin platitude about who watches the watchers.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- That sounds like the barest sort of platitude, but have patience.
- Extract from : « Hidden from the Prudent » by Paul Jones
- It is proverbial, but the man who is running this game has made it look like a platitude.
- Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
- The platitude was the best that I could muster to my tongue.
- Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
Synonyms for platitude
- banality
- boiler plate
- bromide
- buzzword
- chestnut
- cliché
- commonplace
- corn
- evenness
- familiar tune
- flatness
- hackneyed saying
- high camp
- hokum
- inanity
- insipidity
- monotony
- motto
- old chestnut
- old story
- potboiler
- prosaicism
- proverb
- saw
- shibboleth
- stereotype
- tag
- trite remark
- triteness
- triviality
- truism
- vapidity
- verbiage
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