[responsivevoice] trite [/responsivevoice] [ trahyt ]
The word of the day is ‘trite.’
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Silly
2. Commonplace
3. Lacking originality or freshness
4. Dull on account of overuse
1. Hindi – Ghise-pite
2. Spanish – Trillado
3. French – Banal
4. Mandarin – Guòshí de
1. This last jest is so trite to-day as to be absolutely threadbare.
2. Such reflections as these, however,129 are trite and must occur to every mind.
3. Many letters were sent to me—most of them trite, many of them foolish.
4. Instinct is a sure guide, it always tends to what is useful and trite.
5. For a while, they talked of trite and inconsequential things.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
banal, corny, dull, hackneyed, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliché, clichéd, common, cornball, drained, exhausted, familiar tune, flat, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, pedestrian, platitudinous, prosaic, ready-made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well-worn, worn, worn-out, commonplace, conventional, overused, overworked, overdone, hoary, derivative, humdrum, truistic etc.
Some antonyms of the word are:
fresh, new, original, desirable, important, impressive, pertinent, relevant, uncommon, imaginative
Quotation:
What makes climbing great for me, strangely enough, is this life-and-death aspect. It sounds trite to say, I know, but climbing isn’t just another game. It isn’t just another sport. It’s life itself. Which is what makes it so compelling and also what makes it so impossible to justify when things go bad.
Jon Krakauer
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