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Cliched

To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.

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📖 Definitions of "Cliched"

verb

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To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.

adjective

1
Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed.

🔄 Synonyms of "Cliched"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
unoriginalnoun	Lacking originality.
ready-madenoun	Preexisting or made previously and suitable for use without further preparation or modification; comparable with regard to the amount of preparation required.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cliched"

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Word	Definition
ready-made	Preexisting or made previously and suitable for use without further preparation or modification; comparable with regard to the amount of preparation required.
unoriginal	Lacking originality.
stale	No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
clichenoun	Alternative form of cliché. [(rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.]
hackneyed	Repeated too often.
trite	Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
clichesnoun	Alternative form of cliché. [(rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.]
cheesynoun	(informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
formulaic	Closely following a formula or predictable pattern, as:
cornynoun	Boring and unoriginal.
melodramatic	Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
hokeynoun	(US, colloquial) Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
insipid	Flat; lacking character or definition.
stereotypical	Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.
unimaginative	Not imaginative.
contrivedverb	Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
schmaltzy	Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
blandnoun	(UK dialectal) Mixture; union.
banal	Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
overwrought	Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.