Definition of banal Banal
/bʌnɑˈl/ - [bunal] - ba•nal
We found 6 definitions of banal from 6 different sources.
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What does banal mean?
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Adjectivebanal, banaller, banallest |
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| banal - 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'" | ||
| commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn | ||
| unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham | ||
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- banal (Adjective)
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- banal (a.)
Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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banal
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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banal
bān′al, or ban′al, adj. commonplace, trivial.—n. Banal′ity, triviality. [Fr.]
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