Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: trite
IPA transcription: [tɹ'aɪt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
    Meaning: 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'"
Usage examples
  • It is perfectly trite
  • Dull and trite commonplaces
  • It would be trite to dwell on the particulars of her after story.
  • "But, Frank, this is so--sudden," remonstrated the young fellow, laughing a little as he uttered the trite phrase.
  • "For England expects--I forbear to proceed: 'Tis a maxim tremendous, but trite: And you'd best be unpacking the things that you need To rig yourselves out for the fight."
  • In the present rage also for strange incident and high-seasoned narrative they may appear trite and insignificant, but they interested me strongly at the time; and, taken in connection with the affecting ceremony which I had just witnessed, left a deeper impression on my mind than many circumstances of a more striking nature.