Definition of trite Trite
/tɹajˈt/ - [trayt] - trite
We found 8 definitions of trite from 6 different sources.
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What does trite mean?
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| trite - 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'" | ||
| banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, 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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Wiktionary 
- trite (Noun)
A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater. - trite (Noun)
A genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae. - trite (Adjective)
Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective often in reference to a word or phrase.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- trite (a.)
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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trite
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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trite
trīt, adj. worn out by use: used till its novelty and interest are lost: hackneyed.—adv. Trite′ly.—n. Trite′ness. [It. trito—L. tritus, rubbed, pa.p. of terĕre, to rub.]
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