English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] hackney -ed
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] hackneyed (comparative more hackneyedsuperlative most hackneyed
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 [ … ] [1] 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.
( dated ) Let out for hire .Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] repeated too often
Bulgarian: изтъркан (bg) ( iztǎrkan ) , банален (bg) ( banalen ) , шаблонен (bg) ( šablonen )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陳腐 的 ／ 陈腐 的 ( chénfǔ de ) , 老生常談 的 ／ 老生常谈 的 ( lǎoshēngchángtán de )
Czech: otřepaný ohraný otřelý
Danish: fortærsket klichéagtig forslidt
Dutch: afgezaagd (nl) , banaal (nl)
Finnish: kulunut (fi) , kliseinen (fi)
French: rebattu (fr) , éculé (fr)
Galician: gastado desgastado luído
German: abgedroschen (de) , abgenutzt (de) , banal (de)
Greek: τετριμμένος (el) m ( tetrimménos ) , κοινότοπος (el) m ( koinótopos )
Hebrew: נדוש (he) ( nadósh ) , חבוט ( khavút )
Hungarian: elcsépelt (hu)
Interlingua: banal trivial
Japanese: 陳腐な (ja) ( chimpu na ) , 常套の (ja) ( jōtō )
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: banal (pt) , trivial (pt) , batido (pt)
Russian: изби́тый (ru) ( izbítyj ) , зата́сканный (ru) ( zatáskannyj ) , бана́льный (ru) ( banálʹnyj ) , шабло́нный (ru) ( šablónnyj )
Serbo-Croatian: izlizan (sh) , banalan (sh)
Spanish: gastado (es) , trillado (es) , manido (es) , manoseado (es) , sobado (es) , traído y llevado tópico (es) m
Swedish: sliten (sv) , banal (sv) , utnött (sv)
hackneyed
simple past tense and past participle of hackney