பொருள் : Repeated too often. Overfamiliar through overuse.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
Bromidic sermons.
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
Hackneyed phrases.
A stock answer.
Repeating threadbare jokes.
Parroting some timeworn axiom.
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'.
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
பொருள் : Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
Threadbare rugs.