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Webster 1828 Edition

Hackneyed

HACK'NEYED

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pp.

Used much or in common.

1.

Practiced; accustomed.

He is long hackneyed in the ways of men.

Definition 2024

hackneyed

hackneyed

English

Adjective

hackneyed ‎(comparative more hackneyed, superlative most hackneyed)

Repeated too often.
The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.

Synonyms

banal, commonplace, clichéd, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn
See also Wikisaurus:hackneyed

Translations

repeated too often

Bulgarian: изтъркан (bg) ‎(iztǎrkan), банален (bg) ‎(banalen), шаблонен (bg) ‎(šablonen)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Dutch: afgezaagd (nl), banaal (nl)
Finnish: kulunut (fi), kliseinen
French: rebattu (fr), éculé (fr)
German: abgedroschen (de), abgenutzt (de), banal (de)
Greek: τετριμμένος (el) m ‎(tetrimménos), κοινότοπος (el) m ‎(koinótopos)

Hebrew: נדוש (he) ‎(nadósh), חבוט ‎(khavút)
Interlingua: banal, trivial
Japanese: 陳腐な (ja) ‎(chimpu na), 常套の ‎(jōtō)
Portuguese: banal (pt), trivial (pt), batido
Russian: изби́тый (ru) ‎(izbítyj), зата́сканный (ru) ‎(zatáskannyj), бана́льный (ru) ‎(banálʹnyj), шабло́нный (ru) ‎(šablónnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: izlizan (sh), banalan (sh)
Spanish: gastado (es), trillado (es)
Swedish: sliten (sv), banal (sv), utnött

Verb

hackneyed

simple past tense and past participle of hackney