hackneyed

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

hackney +‎ -ed

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhækniːd/
  • (US) enPR: hăkʹnēd
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ækniːd

Adjective

hackneyed (comparative more hackneyed, superlative most hackneyed)

  1. Repeated too often.
    Synonyms: banal, commonplace, clichéd, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn; see also Thesaurus:hackneyed
    The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.
    • 1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […] ‎:
      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.
  2. (dated) Let out for hire.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hackneyed

  1. simple past and past participle of hackney
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.