clichéd
adjective
, ˈklē-ˌshād, kli-ˈshād\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for clichéd
Synonyms
banal, cliché (also cliche), cobwebby, commonplace, hack, hackney, hackneyed, moth-eaten, musty, obligatory, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
Antonyms
fresh, new, novel, original, unclichéd, unhackneyed
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Examples of clichéd in a Sentence
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This cliched comedy is filled with funny people like Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller and Rob Corddry, but Bell plays the only indelible character: Trina, a pimp. — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, "Jillian Bell, the comedy world's secret weapon, breaks out in 'Brittany Runs a Marathon'," 16 Aug. 2019 Re-creating familiar, even cliched, dishes with brilliant ingredients is the way forward now. — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, "At Craigie Burger in Time Out Market, the famous stack is astonishingly good," 13 Aug. 2019 Read McKendree Read McKendree Costa’s work for The Drifter in New Orleans tried to capture the same balance between respecting history and location without being too cliched. — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "Motel revivalism: How hipster hoteliers created a new roadside attraction," 22 June 2018 The occasional joint has been replaced by a half a cliched Klonopin before a restless night of post-apocalyptic news. — Nicole Mann Novick, Glamour, "As a ‘90s Teen, I Craved a Movement. As a Mom of Two, I Don’t Want It Anymore," 20 Apr. 2018 Oh, the show's producers do their darndest to enliven things with local flavor, indulging brief (and woefully cliched) glimpses of French Quarter buskers, streetcars, steaming gumbo and the like. — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, "'Southern Charm New Orleans,' summed up in 1 word: yawn," 15 Apr. 2018 In addition to the more adventuresome chocolate cake, San Daniele also includes the infinitely more familiar (at this point, cliched) tiramisu. — Andrew Marton, star-telegram, "Dining experience at San Daniele in Grapevine can be described in one word: bellisimo | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 25 Apr. 2018 Mark Walters, cloaked in a cliched yet effective black leather trench coat, made a fearsome Don Pizarro, armed both with a knife and a stentorian baritone. — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, "From darkness to light with Boston Baroque’s rousing ‘Fidelio’," 14 Apr. 2018 In the popular imagination, the region is defined by cliched Wild West tales about Billy the Kid and UFO conspiracy theories about Roswell. — Mark Athitakis, latimes.com, "Joshua Wheeler aims to put overlooked southern New Mexico on the map in 'Acid West'," 13 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'clichéd.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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