Search results
- Dictionarytrite/trīt/
adjective
- 1. (of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness: "this point may now seem obvious and trite"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of TRITE is hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original. How to use trite in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Trite.
expressed too often to be interesting or seem sincere: His lyrics about love and peace are too trite for me to take them seriously. I know it will sound trite, but I've loved being part of this club. Synonyms. banal. commonplace. hackneyed disapproving. shopworn US. stock. threadbare (WEAK) timeworn. tired (NOT INTERESTING)
Trite describes something as being boring or ineffective because it is used so much, as in All politicians seem to make the same trite promises to be honest. Something that is trite is stale and worn out. It’s most often used to criticize or insult someone’s speech or writing ability.
trite. adjective. disapproving us / traɪt / uk / traɪt / Add to word list. expressed too often to be interesting or seem sincere: His lyrics about love and peace are too trite for me to take them seriously. I know it will sound trite, but I've loved being part of this club. Synonyms. banal. commonplace. hackneyed disapproving. shopworn US. stock.
When you want to indicate that something is silly or overused, you would call it trite. A love song with lyrics about holding hands in the sunshine? Totally trite.
1. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed. 2. characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc. [1540–50; < Latin trītus worn, common, past participle of terere to rub, wear down] trite′ly, adv. trite′ness, n. syn: See commonplace.
adjective. If you say that something such as an idea, remark, or story is trite, you mean that it is dull and boring because it has been said or told too many times. The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive.
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter. Synonyms: ordinary. Antonyms: original. characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.: The commencement address was trite and endlessly long. Archaic. rubbed or worn by use. trite. / traɪt / adjective.
Definition of trite adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
TRITE meaning: A trite remark, idea, etc does not seem sincere or true because it has been used so much before or…. Learn more.
