Synonyms for platitudinous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : plat-i-tood-n-uh s, -tyood- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌplæt ɪˈtud n əs, -ˈtyud- |
Top 10 synonyms for platitudinous Other synonyms for the word platitudinous
- drained
- dull
- exhausted
- familiar tune
- flat
- hackneyed
- hokey
- jejune
- mildewed
- moth-eaten
- musty
- old hat
- ordinary
- overused
- overworked
- pedestrian
- platitudinal
- prosaic
- ready-made
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- set
- shopworn
- stale
- stereotyped
- stereotypic
- stereotypical
- stock
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- uninspired
- unoriginal
- used-up
- vapid
- warmed-over
- well-worn
- worn
- worn-out
Définition of platitudinous
- adj trite
- These sentiments have to the modern ear a platitudinous ring.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- This mild, platitudinous rebuke came when all the damage was done.
- Extract from : « Australian Writers » by Desmond Byrne
- It was a period of the flat, stale, platitudinous, and bourgeois.
- Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
- All this is so platitudinous that I feel ashamed to write it; but then, how can one avoid platitudes without avoiding truth?
- Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
- Nevertheless Martin liked him better than the platitudinous bank cashier.
- Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
- That statement isn't in reality as platitudinous as it seems at first thought.
- Extract from : « The Story of The American Legion » by George Seay Wheat
- He winced, but Joan rattled on with the platitudinous originality of youth.
- Extract from : « Adventure » by Jack London
- The statement frequently heard that "human nature is human nature" is only a platitudinous half-truth.
- Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
- He had a confused realization of platitudinous adieus, of a silly formality of speech, and he found himself in the hall.
- Extract from : « Jason » by Justus Miles Forman
- Some of the old women were in white satin, with many jewels on their platitudinous bosoms.
- Extract from : « The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories » by Gertrude Atherton
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