Synonyms for hackneyed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hak-need |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæk nid |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for hackneyed
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