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Word | Threadbare |
French Meaning | râpé (vêt), usé jusqu'à la corde, râpé (vêtement), râpé, élimé, usé, rebattu |
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; 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' / having the nap worn away so that the threads show through / Worn to the naked thread / worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor / (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age. / very thin and in bad condition from too much use / not very effective, interesting, etc., because of being used too often, | |
Usage | ⇒ Their eyes were on the threadbare person who was in the gathering ⇒ The man was in threadbare rugs ⇒ The poorly paid adjunct professor hid the threadbare spots on his jacket by sewing leather patches on his sleeves. ⇒ bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale ⇒ shabby rooms with threadbare carpets ⇒ his jacket was threadbare at the cuffs and elbows |
Synonyms | shabby, ragged, tattered, seedy, frayed, hackneyed, trite, tired, worn, banal, stale, commonplace, scruffy, stock, shopworn, worn out, tatty, dilapidated, well-worn, moth-eaten, |
Antonyms | fresh, new, unused, original, unprecedented, gorgeous, wealthy, pristine, spruce, unworn, alternative, anarchist, animating, distinct, dressy, elegant, emergent, energizing, engaging, engrossing, |
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